Semakadde’s radical decolonisation of the judiciary should embrace dignity in dissent

The President of the Uganda Law Society (ULS) Isaac Kimaze Semakadde is in trouble for denigrating Judge Jane Abodo – Uganda’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). In a speech on the 18^th of November 2024, Semakadde called Abodo a “vagina from Karamoja”, “pumpkin”, “dimwit” and “dead wood”, claiming that her appointment was gendered, tribalist, and that she is an incompetent DPP. He is now facing criminal charges of insulting the modesty of a woman by using vulgar and derogatory language. 

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