BY JOSEPH ONYANGO.
16/6/2008.
Soroti Chief Magistrate, Charles Emuria has decried of government intentions to phase out Grade II magistrates.
The phase out of grade II magistrate’s country wide is in an on going professionalization in the judiciary.
Emuria says the move is going to affect the efficiency of the Judiciary the more in connection to hearing of the cases.
Emuria explained that much as government wants to remove these magistrates, he proclaimed that there is limited human resource in the Judiciary.
The chief magistrate was responding to queries raised by leaders of various districts recently during the 9th annual human rights review for 2006 and 2007 at Soroti regional human rights offices.
The leaders in the review meeting had demanded an explanation from the chief magistrate why cases were not being heard regularly.
They said this was a clear sign of human rights abuse on practice.
However, in a heated argument, the Chief Magistrate Soroti advised the public to always follow cases submitted to court.
Constitutionally people charged with non capital offences are remanded for 2 months and he or she is bailed out where as those with capital offences are bail able in 6 months period.
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