AU Court mourns Uganda’s Justice Mulenga

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights is mourning the death of of of its serving judge and the former Supreme Court Justice of Uganda, Joseph Nyamihana Mulenga.Mulenga passed away on Wednesday afternoon at Nakasero Hospital, Kampala where he was being treated for cancer-related complications.“His death is indeed a great loss to judicial fraternity in Uganda, the African Court and Africa as a whole,” the court said in a statement yesterday.The Ugandan Government, in a statement issued yesterday, said Mulenga served his country with distinction and has left a huge legacy in the judicial fraternity.“Justice Mulenga was a true patriot who served Uganda in various capacitates rising to the position of Attorney General and Supreme Court Judge respectively,” Uganda’s Information Minister, Mary Karooro Okurut, said.“Mulenga executed his duties with a sharp legal mind that made him an inspiration to young lawyers who always looked for him for mentorship.”The fallen judge was also a serving judge of the East African Court of Justice and had been working as a consultant at a reputed law firm, Kampala Associated Advocates, which he joined on his retirement. Mulenga, who died at the age of 74, retired as a Supreme Court judge in January 2009 and began doing consultancy work.

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AU Court mourns Uganda’s Justice Mulenga