Humanist

In these our times when the Bar and the Bench are at war, a biography that would please me is one which captures an image of me as the justice seeking client of the Bar.

She who reminded both the Bar and the Bench that their duty is to us the people. And that duty, for both the Bar and the Bench, above all else is to enforce the adage:

“No one is above the law”

My biography would paint a portrait of she who fought hard to assert her legal rights, often against all odds. She who emulated the LexisNexis interpretation of “no one is above the law” and implemented it for her and other clients of the Bar.

She who fought hard not to be among the majority of people around the world who are denied access to justice. Yes:

“57 percent of people do not have access to basic legal rights, protections, and remedies. Not only does this exclusion significantly impact the lives of those individuals, but it also impacts the overall stability, safety, economic health, and social progress of many countries around the world.” LexisNexis

My existential experience confirms, absolutely, the assertion that denial and exclusion from justice has significant negative impact on an individual. The matter of the criminal destruction of my orchard is still in the High Court and I will say no more.

I choose to hold up hope, that for me, the adage “justice delayed is justice denied” will not hold true 100 percent. That however slow the wheels of justice are churning, eventually, on the matter of the criminal destruction of my orchard, justice will be delivered for me.

My legal team, Okalang Law Chambers, with Counsel Allan Ogoi taking the lead, members of the Bar, give me hope. They are fighting for me.

Mr. Allan Ogoi, FCIArb is a fellow certified Arbitrator and an Alternative Dispute Resolution expert registered in the United Kingdom (UK), Kenya and in Uganda.

Well, as for our Country, our history is littered with examples of when denial of citizens “access to basic legal rights, protections, and remedies” has impacted negatively the overall stability, safety, economic health and social progress of our Country.

Case in point, in a couple of days, on Sunday, 16th February 2025, our Country will commemorate “Archbishop Janani Luwum Day.”

“Archbishop Luwum was a leading figure in the criticism of the excesses of the Idi Amin regime. In 1977 Archbishop Luwum delivered a note to Idi Amin, protesting against the policies of unjustified killings and unexplained disappearances.

On 16 February 1977, Luwum and two cabinet ministers were arrested and accused of treason and planning a coup. It was then announced that all three were killed in a car crash, caused by the victims trying to overpower the driver.

When the body of Luwum was released to his family, the cause of death by gunshots was obvious.” OfficeHolidays

May we remember not to forget what non-enforcement of “no one is above the law” cost our Country.

It is against this background that I pray and urge the Bench and the Bar to extract and remove from their symbiotic relationship all that which isn’t lawful and law abiding. That which is prohibiting the enforcement of “no one is above the law,” by the justice law and order sectors of Uganda.

Radical Client of the Bar.