{"id":15264,"date":"2025-08-30T17:49:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=15264"},"modified":"2025-08-30T17:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:50:07","slug":"president-museveni-appoints-abodo-the-first-female-principal-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-appoints-abodo-the-first-female-principal-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"President Museveni Appoints Abodo  The First Female Principal Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Museveni has appointed the Director of Public Prosecutions ,Jane Francis Abodo , the first  female  Principal Judge replacing Justice Flavian Zeija who was appointed Deputy Chief Justice two months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In a letter to the Speaker of parliament, president Museveni has forwarded Abodo to the Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee for vetting who will approve her appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" data-attachment-id=\"15266\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-appoints-abodo-the-first-female-principal-judge\/download-176\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/download-7.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"276,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/download-7.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/download-7.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/download-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15266\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Zeija was appointed Deputy Chief Justice earlier this year, succeeding Justice Richard Buteera, who retired in April 2025 upon clocking the mandatory retirement age of 70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Zeija\u2019s promotion, Lady Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga served in an acting capacity as Principal Judge until Abodo\u2019s formal appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abodo\u2019s elevation marks another historic step in her judicial career. As DPP since 2020, she has been credited with strengthening the prosecution service, pursuing anti-corruption cases, and championing digital reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She now becomes the administrative head of the High Court, responsible for supervising judges and registrars across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not yet clear who will replace Abodo at the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Museveni has appointed the Director of Public Prosecutions ,Jane Francis Abodo , the first female Principal Judge replacing Justice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Abodo.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15301,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/parliament-vets-nominees-for-principal-judge-and-leadership-code-tribunal\/","url_meta":{"origin":15264,"position":0},"title":"Parliament Vets Nominees for Principal Judge and Leadership Code Tribunal","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"September 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Parliamentary Appointments Committee has today vetted nominees for two key judicial and governance positions \u2014 the Principal Judge and the Leadership Code Tribunal. 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