Uganda, Nov. 14 -- When it comes to Justice David Kutosi Wangutusi, his judicial career will always be riddled with what-ifs or what could have been: a sense of unfulfilled potential which he actually had no control over.
Could he have headed all High Court judges as Principal Judge? Would he have made a good Court of Appeal justice? Or could he have gone all the way and made an impression at the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court?
In 2010, sources say, he was tipped to become the Principal Judge, taking over from Justice James Ogoola. The powers that be, however, decided that Justice Yorokamu Bamwine, now retired, would lead the High Court.
In 2015, a member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), the body that is mandated t...