Uganda, Oct. 18 -- In 2017, Justice Yorokamu Bamwine, the then Principal Judge, was faced with a puzzle: who will determine the tantalizing case in which lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi sued Kabaka Ronald Muwenda, asking the High Court's Civil Division to stop the king from collecting Shs600,000 from people living on Buganda's official mailo land.
Justice Bamwine had run out of options after almost all judges at the civil division of the High Court had walked away from the case under pressure from Mabirizi. Justice Henrietta Wolayo recused herself from the case once she told Mabirizi to make his case from the witness dock instead of the bar. Mabirizi interpreted this as bias and asked the judge to step down.
Next in line was Justice Lydia Mug...