JO'BURG - Leaders who offer themselves for elective politics must have the humility to respect the voters that put them into power, the Chief Justice said at an international Leadership Forum.

Justice Bart Katureebe, on Thursday called for the “respect for the rights of the citizens and indeed for rule of law should not be done to please Western powers but because the citizens deserve it”.

The Chief Justice is attending the African Leadership Forum at Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, organized under the auspices of former South African president’s Thabo Mbeki Foundation and former Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa’s Uogonzi Institute.

Other distinguished leaders  present are: former Presidents: Bakili Muluzi (Malawi), Jakaya Kikwete(Tanzania), Mahamed Marzoki (Tunisia), Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (Somalia), Mohamed Moncef Marzouki (Tunisia) and other government officials and Academicians from around Africa.

In his panel discussion on the topic: Good Governance and the Rule of Law, which he did together with ex-Presidents: Jakaya Kikwete and Ali Mahdi Muhammad. Hon. Justice Bart Katureebe noted that investment and empowering institutions that guarantee good governance and the rule of law is a prerequisite to development.

He challenged the authorities responsible for planning for and allocation of resources to give priority to institutions that guarantee good governance and the rule of law otherwise all investment will be in vain.

He decried poor facilitation of the Judiciary and other Law and Order institutions in many countries, including Uganda.

SOURCE: The Judiciary | Published: August 25, 2017