The Chief Justice, Justice Bart Katureebe has said police stop indulging in their work as far as executing court orders are concerned.
Justice Katureebe made the appeal while addressing members of the bar under their umbrella organization Uganda Law Society.
“There must be a limit as far as executing court orders are concerned because you find a police officer questioning circumstances under which the order was given. Why can’t they leave those issues to court bailiff” the Chief Justice said.
Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) kingpin wrote to the Justice Katureeba questioning circumstances under which Deputy Justice Steven Kavuma who is also head of Court of Appeal granted police a one man court order banning activities of the defiance campaign.
However, the Chief Justice statement comes at a time when police has been criticized for hurriedly implementing court orders without verifying from courts and in some incidents, they have turned bloody where it involves land evictions.
For his part, ULS President Francis Gimara decried the high levels of corruption within the judiciary.
