Uganda’s judiciary has degenerated into a wretched cesspool of unchecked corruption, tyranny, and despicable servitude to Yoweri Museveni’s dictatorship. The recent disgraceful spectacle, where journalists were ruthlessly thrown out of Dr. Kizza Besigye’s court hearing before being grudgingly let back in, exposes yet another act of judicial cowardice designed to stifle transparency and entrench the regime’s stranglehold on justice.
This was not an oversight—it was a premeditated maneuver to shield the judiciary’s sinister dealings from the public eye. The legal system is no longer an instrument of justice; it is a grotesque theatre of oppression where judges serve as puppets, executing the tyrant’s wishes without an ounce of shame. The so-called legal professionals of this country are nothing more than spineless collaborators, standing idle while the judiciary sinks deeper into the festering rot of dictatorship.
Isaac Ssemakadde, the fiery and uncompromising president of the Uganda Law Society, delivered a blistering indictment of this judicial disgrace. His scathing remarks burn with truth: Why do Ugandan lawyers meekly tolerate the judiciary’s blatant violation of media rights? Why do they cower while Museveni and his thuggish cronies desecrate the very notion of democracy? The answer is clear—they are complicit. These so-called defenders of justice are nothing but mercenaries of repression, propping up a blood-soaked dictatorship that thrives on secrecy and brutality.
This is not just about Dr. Kizza Besigye. It is about Uganda’s very soul. Today, journalists are barred from courtrooms; tomorrow, trials will be conducted in absolute secrecy, with verdicts dictated from State House. The judiciary is no longer a sanctuary of justice—it has become a brothel where Museveni purchases verdicts with the blood of innocent Ugandans. It is a slaughterhouse where opposition figures are legally lynched while the true criminals—the parasites in power—continue their obscene feasting on the nation’s resources.
Ssemakadde’s warning is dire. His reference to the “poison of darkness” is a chilling testament to the judiciary’s descent into totalitarianism. The courts of Uganda are no longer institutions of fairness; they are shadowy chambers of political persecution, tailored to serve a dictator who fears the disinfecting power of the truth.
Ugandan lawyers masquerade as protectors of justice while presiding over a judiciary that crushes dissent. They parade around in their ceremonial robes, spewing hollow rhetoric, while the true warriors of democracy—ordinary Ugandans—face bullets, beatings, and imprisonment. Where are these self-proclaimed legal minds when the judiciary is weaponized against the people? Where is their outrage when transparency is strangled in broad daylight?
Uganda has suffered long enough under the boot of Museveni’s judicial thugs. The people must awaken to the grim reality that the judiciary is beyond redemption—it is a putrid corpse infested with the maggots of dictatorship. This cabal of spineless enforcers has forfeited any claim to legitimacy. They are not judges; they are executioners, presiding over a charade where justice is butchered on the altar of tyranny.
The time for half-measures is over. Uganda’s judiciary must be dismantled and rebuilt from its very foundation. It is a gangrenous limb that must be amputated before the entire nation succumbs to its poison. Until the people rise and seize true justice, the judiciary will remain what it is—a decayed, putrid instrument of oppression where justice is not served, but suffocated in darkness.
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