Criminal Division Hosts Medical Doctors
HW Nsenga, Deputy Registrar Criminal Division (Right) with one of the doctors at the High Court
The Criminal Division is hosting a group of about twenty-five (25) Masters' degree psychiatric students, specializing in Forensic Psychiatry, from Butabika Hospital and Makerere University College of Health Sciences. This is in addition to forty (40)students who were handled last week.
The team which was led by Dr Apio Irene Wengi, a Forensic Psychiatrist at Butabika Hospital were taken through components of a criminal session by the Division’s Deputy Registrar, HW Festo Nsenga.
The teams wanted to get firsthand experience from the Criminal Division the role of expert information especially in making medical reports when needed in the trial process.
Mr George Nabongho, a Clerk at the Division, took them through different court aspects such as introduction to the court environment, legal concepts such as insanity, diminished responsibility, making of court reports, as well as the court structure.
Others include parties to a criminal and civil suit, criminal justice process in Uganda, methods of disposal after conviction in court, fitness to plead, doctrine of fair hearing and role of an expert witness during court hearing sessions.
The Deputy Registrar responded to questions from the medical students which included the role of expert witnesses, remedies for accused persons of unsound mind among others.
Posted 3rd, November 2023
