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On Friday June 2, 2023 Court of Appeal's Hon. Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire, and Chairperson of the Judiciary ICT Committee presided over a meeting to discuss and approve the Judgement Writing Tool (JWT) inception report.

The report was presented by Mr. Kikabi David Sunday, the head of the Judiciary ICT Department.

In attendance was HW Juliet Hatanga (Deputy Registrar Commercial Court), HW Bucyana Lillian (Deputy Registrar Commercial Court), a team from the Judiciary ICT led by Mr. Kikabi and a team from Lexis Nexis, led by the Vice President and Treasurer of LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, Ms Teresa Jennings.

Hon. Justice Kiryabwire noted the need to customize the tool to ensure that it is fully utilized. 

Once the Judgement Writing Tool is developed, it will be linked to the Electronic Court Case Management Information System and the Uganda Legal Information Institute.