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FAT CATS, JUICY SALARIES: Here are the Most Highly Paid Officials in Uganda’s Judiciary & How Much They Earn Monthly; Frustrated Driver’s Boss Earns Shs22.5Million 

Every month, a Ugandan High Court Judge earns 95.7 times more than his or her driver, an analysis of the salaries of the top fat cats at the country’s judiciary indicates. The debate on this salary disparity was months ago occasioned by threats by a frustrated driver who said, in a viral recording, that he was pondering ramming his boss’ vehicle into a truck so that he could kill the judge and his bodyguard.

VERY SICK RELATIONSHIP! Besigye Fumes after Museveni ‘Saved’ Gaddafi Mosque from Being Sold by Tycoon

Opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye is concerned over the state of the relationship between the judicial and executive arms of government after a court decision halting the seizure of Gaddafi National Mosque and other Muslim properties followed President Yoweri Museveni’s letter to the Chief Justice complaining over lack of common sense in a judge’s ruling.

STUCK! Roadblock for Pro-Bobi Wine Supreme Court Judge Running Away from CJ Owiny-Dollo & PS Bigirimana

Attempts by Justice Esther Kisaakye Kitimbo to exit the Supreme Court bench have hit a roadblock after the appointing authority referred her request for early retirement to a tribunal.

In the 2021 presidential election, Justice Kisaakye ruled in favour of main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. The most experienced member of the Supreme Court bench, Kisaakye was engaged in a war of words with her boss Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo.