Chief Justice of Uganda

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The Chief Justice of Uganda is the highest-ranking judicial officer in the country, overseeing the Supreme Court and providing leadership to the national judiciary.

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Chief Justice of Uganda canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appointedBy President of Uganda ⓘ
appointedOnAdviceOf Judicial Service Commission of Uganda ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of Uganda ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Uganda
chairs Judicial Service Commission of Uganda ⓘ
Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
confersTitle Chief Justice ⓘ
confirmedBy Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
currentHolder Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate 2020 ⓘ
guarantees independence of the judiciary in Uganda ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Court of Appeal of Uganda ⓘ
High Court of Uganda ⓘ
hasOfficialSeat Supreme Court Building, Kampala ⓘ
heads Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
jurisdiction Uganda ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
legalSystem legal system of Uganda ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kampala ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge 70 years ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
nativeLabel Chief Justice of Uganda ⓘ
officeEstablishedIn Republic of Uganda ⓘ
linked to: Uganda
officeHoldersInclude Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo ⓘ
Bart Magunda Katureebe ⓘ
Benedicto Kiwanuka ⓘ
Benjamin Josses Odoki ⓘ
Peter Nyombi (acting) ⓘ
Samuel William Wako Wambuzi ⓘ
Simon Mugenyi Byabakama (acting) ⓘ
officeType chief justice ⓘ
oversees Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
participatesIn swearing-in of the President of Uganda ⓘ
partOf Government of Uganda ⓘ
playsRoleIn case management policy in Uganda ⓘ
judicial reforms in Uganda ⓘ
rank highest-ranking judicial officer in Uganda ⓘ
residence Kampala ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of justice in Uganda ⓘ
supervision of all courts in Uganda ⓘ
sector judiciary ⓘ
style The Right Honourable Chief Justice ⓘ
supervises magistrates courts of Uganda ⓘ
symbolizes rule of law in Uganda ⓘ
termLength until mandatory retirement age ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of Uganda → headedBy → Chief Justice of Uganda ⓘ
Chief Justice of Uganda → nativeLabel → Chief Justice of Uganda ⓘ
Supreme Court of Uganda → composition → Chief Justice of Uganda ⓘ
Supreme Court of Uganda → headedBy → Chief Justice of Uganda ⓘ