EDUCATION
*Team from Zambian Judiciary on ULII benchmarking visit* The Judicial Training Institute(JTI) is hosting a seven-member delegation from the Zambian Judiciary who are on a two-day benchmarking tour on Law Reporting . The Zambian team was received by Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire, Chairperson Law Reporting Committee who also represented Justice Mike Chibita (Chairperson, JTI Governing Council). He also briefed them on Uganda Legal Information
The Deputy Chief Justice, Richard Buteera has this morning opened a two-week Induction/training for newly recruited Magistrates Grade I at Colline Hotel, Mukono.
The 88 Magistrates Grade I are being equipped with skills necessary for judicial service.
Read more: Induction of the 88newly appointed Acting Magistrate Grade Ones.
The Chief Justice of Uganda announced the establishment of Uganda Judicial Studies Institute (JSI) during the opening of the Judges Annual conference on 5th January 2004. The institute operates as a department of the Judiciary on a semi- autonomous basis, separate from the day-to-day operations of the Judiciary. The Institute is headed by the Executive Director, who is also a Judge of the High Court, Hon. Justice Dr. Henry Peter Adonyo
The Registrar Human Resource Development and Training H/W Katushabe Prossy has chaired a staff meeting in the training hall at Judicial Training Institute(JTI), Nakawa.
The meeting was purposed to introduce all staff new and old to each other and discuss strategies on how to work well as a team.
Read more: *NEW REGISTRAR JUDICIAL TRAINING INSTITUTE MEETS STAFF*
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REGISTRARS & MAGISTRATES CONFERENCE 2023
The 2 day Annual Registrars’ and Magistrates’ Conference was officially opened by the Deputy Chief Justice , Richard Buteera on 14th December, 2023 at Hotel Africana.
The two-day Conference was held under the theme: *Making Access to Justice a Meaningful Contribution to Uganda's Transformation Journey*
The Deputy Chief Justice in his remarks noted that Registrars and Magistrates form the bulk of the Judicial Officers and that case backlog reduction shall greatly depend on their outputs at their respective stations of deployment.
He noted that theme of the conference was a reminder for all to recognise the role of the Judiciary in fostering of the rule of law through adjudication of cases that promote a crime free society for development.
The Executive Director of the Judicial Training Institute, Justice Damalie Lwanga, in her ramarks noted that the objective of the conference is to retool and refine the Registrars' and Magistrates with the professional skills and build their capacity in justice delivery. She appreciated the top management for the recent recruitment that has seen a big rise in their number of Judicial officers and congratulated those that have been promoted.
On a special note, she requested that a separate conference for Registrars be held next year to ably accommodate their growing numbers.
The Chief Registrar, Sarah Langa Siu, made a presentation on Performance Reports of Registrars, Chief Magistrates and Magistrates. She further updated them about various aspects in the Judiciary and emphasised the need to improve work relations with their colleagues. She encouraged them to always"soldier on" and uphold the basic principals of justice delivery to the people where they delive their powers from.
Later in the day, there were presentations on the Judiciary Innovations; and the use of ICT in the Administration of Justice as well as Practical Aspects of the Law on Bail; and the Constitution(Bail Guidelines for the Courts of Judicature) (Practice) Directions, 2022.
