CJ Dollo asks Museveni to sack judge who upheld Bobi Wine presidential victory

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) acting on the orders and command of the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has recommended to President Museveni to cause the removal of Justice Esther Kisaakye from the office of the Supreme Court. 

The commission also recommended that Justice Kisaakye be investigated over her alleged misconduct and verbal attack against the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo during the ruling of her dissenting decision in the presidential election petition involving National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, and President Museveni in March 2021.

“The commission is of the considered opinion that a prima facie case has been established through this inquiry of probable grounds of misbehaviour or misconduct, on the part of Hon Lady Justice Dr Kisaakye,” the February 8 report containing the recommendations, which this publication has seen, reads in part.

It added: “The Hon Lady Justice Kisaakye, being a Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, the commission, recommends that the President appoints a tribunal, pursuant to Article 144 (2) (b), 3 and 4 of the Constitution, for the question of the removal of Hon Dr Justice Kisaakye, from office, to be investigated.”