Some of the prisoners have spent between 1 and 10 years without their cases appearing on the cause list of cases in the Judiciary.
Government needs at least 26 billion shillings to deliver justice to 26,000 inmates who are on remand pending trial in various prisons in the country.
Some of the prisoners have spent between 1 and 10 years without their cases appearing on the cause list of cases in the Judiciary.
In an interview with NTV, Principal Judge Yorokamu Bamwine admitted that the lack of funding and inadequate number of judges is the major cause of case backlog.
However president Museveni who is the appointing authority disagrees because, according to him, the current number of judicial officers is enough. The president contends that the judiciary needs to become more efficient.
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