The former Democratic Party (DP) candidate in Bukoto central, Jude Mbabali has said that he was shocked yesterday when the Vice President, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi presided over the 50 judges’ conference at Speke Resort Munyonyo inKampala.
The conference was about to take stock of last year 2011 and to review the judicial integrity opinion report. It should also be recalled that on the 20th day of October 2011, Mbabali with a group of four voters filed an application in the High Court seeking that Election Petition ‘Mbabaali Jude v Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi’ is still before court be heard and determined. The ruling is coming up for judgment on the 17th day of January 2011 by her Lordship Elizabeth Musoke.
Mbabali told journalists in Kampala on Tuesday that Ssekandi would not have been the right person to preside over the above conference where the Judiciary discussed issues relating to integrity of the judiciary because Sekandi’s image is now tainted in the public eye as he is battling election rigging petition before the same judges he met and preached integrity.
Secondly, Mbabali said he feared that by Sekandi presiding over the conference where Justice Musoke was in attendance may have an impact upon her decision in the said ruling that is to be delivered on January 17th. Mbabali further condemned the Judiciary for having made Sekandi a Chief Guest.
By James Okello