Uganda, Feb. 11 -- Justice Fredrick Martin Egonda-Ntende's judicial career has been punctuated by near-misses. For instance, when in 2012 he returned from Seychelles Islands where he had served as chief justice for three years, the Uganda Law Society (ULS) fronted his name to fill the position of Chief Justice since Justice Benjamin Odoki was retiring.

However, it did not materialise after President Museveni decided to extend Odoki's tenure as Chief Justice for two more years, sparking off a Constitutional Court judgment that rendered the move unconstitutional.

In the end, it was Justice Bart Katureebe who was appointed as Chief Justice with Steven Kavuma, who had been serving both as acting Chief Justice and acting Deputy Chief Justice...