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PSSJ hands over a car to HW Samuel Emokor (Registrar High Court) at the Judiciary Headquarters in Kampala

Not even the evening drizzle could dull the "groundbreaking" moment as Registrars for the first time in Judiciary history were handed brand new cars at the Judiciary headquarters.

The two-in-one function was presided over by the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Judiciary, Mr Pius Bigirimana, who described the fleet handover as a deliberate effort by Judiciary management to improve the transport facilities of the senior managers. "For quite a longtime, the Judiciary has had challenges of transport especially those in visiting locus and day to day work for judicial officers. Often, they had to look for lifts but this is changing," the PS/SJ said.

He reassured the beneficiaries and other stakeholders who had gathered to witness the handover that this was the first time that Registrars are getting brand new vehicles allocated to them.

The Registrar High Court, HW Samuel Emokor, who spoke on behalf of the Registrars said it was a "momentous occasion. This is groundbreaking because it is the very first time in my judicial career that I am seeing Registrars receive what we term as brand new cars," HW Emokor said. He noted that while judicial officers of different cadre have received new vehicles, the Registrars had never been considered before. HW Emokor noted that this category of Judicial Officers had always received "hand me down cars" that have completed their work elsewhere.

He thanked the Judiciary administration for the deliberate move that will improve their mobility while carrying out court work and commended the efforts of the PS/SJ for taking up the fight for Registrars that has seen them benefit.

A total of 12 SUV seven-eater vehicles were procured. Of these, nine will go to Registrars, while the remaining three have been allocated to senior administrators.

The PS/SJ had a test run in one of the new vehicles and ascertained that the cars would serve the purpose. He went on to flag off 40 motorcycles that are going to be distributed to different court stations to improve the serving of court documents.

Mr Shukla Paresh, the Managing Director of Simba Automotives Ltd, the suppliers of the motorbikes, applauded the Judiciary for supporting local initiatives. He said the new motorbikes were assembled and manufactured in Uganda and of good quality. He also assured the Judiciary of after-sale services.

Those who received cars this evening were Ms Maureen Kasande (Undersecretary), Registrars; HW Samuel Emokor (Registrar High Court),HW Rosemary Bareebe (Registrar Magistrates Affairs and Data Management), HW Kwizera Amos (Planning and Development), HW Flavia Nabakooza (Commercial Court), Ms Apophia Tumwine (Commissioner Human Resource) and Mr David Sunday Kikabi (Principal information Technology Officer).
The remaining vehicles were handed over on Wednesday (November 24, 2021) morning.