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Hon. Justice Dr. Bamwine, the Hon. Principal Judge

KAMPALA- The\r\nPrincipal Judge, Hon. Justice Dr. Yorokamu Bamwine made changes in the High\r\nCourt, re-deploying some Judges and assigning others extra responsibilities.

According\r\nto an Administrative Circular No. 01. Of 2015 issued on October 8, the changes\r\nare intended to fill gaps left by some retiring Judges, those on special\r\nassignments and Judges recently elevated to the Court of Appeal.

The\r\nCircular also reveals that there are currently 22 vacant Judge positions in the\r\nHigh Court.

At\r\nleast 11 extra Judges are required in the Criminal, Family, Land, Commercial, and\r\nInternational Crimes Divisions of the High Court – each with two vacancies, and\r\nthe Anti-Corruption Division with one vacancy. Another 11 judges are required\r\nin the High Court Circuits of Lira, Arua, Masaka, Mbale, Soroti, Gulu, Fort\r\nPortal, Kabale, Jinja, Masindi, and in the Central Circuit at Nakawa – each\r\nwith one vacancy. 

"Following\r\nthe recent appointments within the judicial service and in consultation with\r\nthe Hon. Chief Justice, the following changes take effect,” wrote Hon. Justice\r\nBamwine.

The deployments\r\nare subject to the Judges’ completion of partly heard cases in advanced stage\r\nat old stations, with December 31, 2015 being cut-off date, according to the\r\nCircular.

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"As\r\nper the advice of Parliament to the appointing authority, promoted Judges are\r\nto first complete writing the pending judgments/rulings in matters they have\r\ncompleted hearing before assuming their new positions,” wrote Hon. Justice\r\nBamwine.

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