This follows demands by mps to the president asking him to immediately appoint commissioners in the judicial service commission who can help to recruit judges in the courts.

After a long period of this demand, the president has responded to this demand and appointed more seven commissioners to be approved by parliament and constitute the judicial service commission.

The judicial service commission has in the past not been fully constituted following retirement of many of its members creating vacuums in the recruitment of magistrates and judges in the courts of this country.

Ogoola who has been approved this morning by the appointments committee of parliament today promised to immediately embark on the recruitment of new judges and magistrates in the country so that cases in courts of law can be disposed off immediately as a way of ensuring justice in the country.

Ogoola after being approved told the press that he will make sure that only suitable judges who can deliver justice to Ugandans are recruited into this sector so that justice can increase in the country.

The judicial service commission constitutes eight commissioners but in the past it has had only one commissioner something which has made its operations very difficult. However the president has appointed all the other seven commissioners to constitute the commission headed by James Ogoola, and deputized by the lady justice Esther Kisakye.

By Isaac Senabulya

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Jacob Oulanya, Deputy Speaker of Uganda Parliament

Oulanya says the committee did what the Constitution mandates it to do.

Four nominees were dropped by the committee vetting ministerial appointments on issues ranging from academic qualifications, morality and integrity among others.

This morning media reports run stories that the National Council for Higher Education had declared the academic qualifications of both Nasser Ssebaggala and Saleh Kamba an equivalent of A- level.

Oulanyah says they looked at a number of issues although the President can still send the same candidates back to the entire Parliament to be vetted.

The fate of the four including former Mayor Nasser Ssebaggala, Saleh Kamba, former minister of state for health James Kakooza and Hajji Mbabali is yet to be determined as the President has not yet spoken out on the issue.

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Nadala Mafabi, leader of opposition in Parliament

A member of this committee also leader of the opposition in parliament Nadala Mafabi told journalists at parliament that if the proceedings are open to the public the committee will be privileged with enough information on the people appointed before they make a final judgment.

Nandala says that some of the recently approved ministers wouldn’t have been approved if the committee had received enough information on them.

Meanwhile Nandala says as opposition they don’t expect much from tomorrow’s state of nation address by the president. President Museveni will open the first session of the 9^th parliament and then will deliver a state of the nation. Nandala says they don’t expect Museveni to make any difference in 5 years if his has failed to address the pressing issues in the last 24 years.

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Nadala Mafabi, leader of opposition in Parliament

A member of this committee also leader of the opposition in parliament Nadala Mafabi told journalists at parliament that if the proceedings are open to the public the committee will be privileged with enough information on the people appointed before they make a final judgment.

Nandala says that some of the recently approved ministers wouldn’t have been approved if the committee had received enough information on them.

Meanwhile Nandala says as opposition they don’t expect much from tomorrow’s state of nation address by the president. President Museveni will open the first session of the 9^th parliament and then will deliver a state of the nation. Nandala says they don’t expect Museveni to make any difference in 5 years if his has failed to address the pressing issues in the last 24 years.

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