Judges to get shs 170,000 per day to handle election petitions

“We have gotten shs1.2 billion to deal with the issue at High Court and Chief Magistrates courts all through the nation and we have drawn financial plans for each courts,” Judiciary representative, Jameson Karemani told columnists on Tuesday at the Uganda Media Center.

Karemani said the Principal Judge, Dr.Flavian Zeija has alloted 32 appointed authorities to deal with the cases in the distinctive High Court circuits around the country.

As indicated by the Judiciary, the High Court circuit in Mbale which will deal with 31 political decision petitions will have six adjudicators to deal with the cases while Kampala with 17 petitions will have judges and Jinja with 16 petitions will likewise have four appointed authorities.

“Each judge will get a routine set of expenses of shs170,000 according to diem. We have set each appeal to take a limit of 15 days and nowadays will start depending on the specific day of the beginning of hearing,”Karemani said.

As indicated by segment 63 of the Parliamentary Elections Act, a political decision appeal ought to be not really settled inside a half year from the date of recording while the judgment ought to be done inside 30 days subsequent to hearing

The Judiciary representative said while the law specifies 30 days for hearing and deciding a political race request they have set severe courses of events of 15 days for each appeal to keep away from delays.

He noticed that they have formulated method for guaranteeing they get rid of defers that have occurred over the course of the years in dealing with political decision petitions.

“We have examined the reason for delays in political race petitions and we have a few measures to assist us with keeping away from these postponements.”

The becoming aware of the petitions will start on August,16.