Justice Kavuma’s appointment queried

The Uganda Catholic Lawyers’ Society is challenging the appointment of Justice Steven Kavuma as deputy chief Justice.
Society president Jude Mbabaali says Justice Kavuma’s name was never forwarded by the Judicial Service Commission and he never applied for the job as stipulated by law.
Mr Mbabali says they strongly believe that the advice of the Judicial Service Commission is important in the appointment of a Deputy Chief Justice and that its recommendations should be respected.
He is now appealing to the Parliamentary Appoints Committee to turn away justice Kavuma.
Justice Kavuma was last week appointed by president Museveni as Deputy Chief Justice with Bart Katureebe appointed Chief Justice.
Prior to Justice Katureebe’s appointment, the country had not had a substantive CJ and deputy for two years running following the retirement of Justice Benjamin Odoki in March 2013 and the ensued legal battles of his reappointment that were never successful. Justice Kavuma had since been acting in both capacities.