Parliament threatens to block judiciary budget

BY ALFRED N WANDERA

Parliament has been warned not to approve a much sought Shs5billion budget for the Judicial Service Commission for the next financial year if President Museveni does not appoint nine commissioners to the body that oversees appointments and discipline of judicial officers.

Bukooli North MP Stephen Bakka Mugabi, who chaired the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee yesterday, said the commission’s operations were now grounded because the contracts of all

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