International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judge Justice Julia Sebutinde has warned politicians and security operatives against issuing inflammatory statements that could plunge the country into violence during the election period.
Addressing a press conference earlier today Justice Sebutinde, who is in the country ahead of the February 18, urged the security bosses not to get overzealous and also to avoid being partisan. she also asked the politicians to refrain from rhetoric that could lead to violence.
Recently, a number of officials like the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Katumba Wamala and the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General Justine Kasule Lumumba have made remarks that border on threatening voters.
Similarly, some politicians contesting for the highest office have said some scary words, denting an otherwise peaceful campaign period that begun in November last year.
Meanwhile, in Uganda justice Julia Sebutinde, the no-nonsense international jurist, is most remembered for her tough stance on the behavior of Ugandan police officers, when she chaired a Commission of Inquiry that unearthed a lot of rot in the force.
Sebutinde was appointed to the ICJ in March 2012, becoming the first African woman to serve at the world court.
