Celebrated Supreme Court Judge, Stella Arach Amoko is dead. She was 69 years old . She \u00a0passed on at 4.00 am at \u00a0Nakasero hospital where she was being treated of cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A distinguished jurist, Hon. Lady\u00a0Justice Stella Arach- Amoko wrote many landmark decisions and precedents. She has been widely hailed for the growth of Uganda\u2019s legal jurisprudence .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lady justice Arach-Amoko joined the Judiciary in 1997 as Judge of the High Court and was elevated to the Justice of Court of Appeal in 2010. She was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court in 2013, a position she served until at the time of her demise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her decorated career<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lady Justice Arach-Amoko with vast experience in the legal profession worked previously as a state attorney in the Attorney General’s Chambers and rose through the ranks to a commissioner for civil litigation between 1979 to 1997.\u00a0 Between 15 April 2018 and 14 April 2020, Arach-Amoko served as the chairperson of the nine-member Management Committee of Uganda\u2019s Law Development Center (LDC) where lawyers undertake a tough nine month course in legal practice before they are enrolled as Advocates of the High Court of Uganda.\u00a0 In 2012, at the Court of Appeal, she wrote the majority opinion that nullified NRM’s Faisal Kikulukunyu’s victory as the Member of Parliament for Butambala County<\/a>. The ruling benefited Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi, of the Democratic Party<\/a>.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawyer and Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has described Amoko as a soft-spoken, level-headed, and venerable jurist or sage who endeavored to uphold the judicial oath under very challenging circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Family woman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Justice Arach-Amoko is married to Ambassador<\/a> Idule Amoko who, as of 2017, was serving as the Deputy Head of Mission at the Uganda Embassy in Addis Ababa<\/a>, Ethiopia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stella Arach-Amoko is also the mother of chess player Ivy Claire Amoko<\/a>, the first woman to become a Woman Fide Master<\/a> in East Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Editor: msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Celebrated Supreme Court Judge, Stella Arach Amoko is dead. She was 69 years old . 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She served as a High court judge for 13 years from 1997 to 2010 prior to her elevation to the Court of Appeal. Prior to this, she also served at the East African Court of Justice, from 2006 until 2008, as a judge and from 2008 until 2013, as a Deputy Principal Judge of the First Instance Division.\u00a0
In 2010 she was among the candidates considered by the Judicial Service Commission who applied for appointment as the Chief Justice of Uganda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In her career, she has presided over several cases both criminal and civil cases, election matters, and presidential election matters. In 2006 she dismissed the petition in which\u00a0National Resistance Movement<\/a>\u2019s Francis Babu had challenged\u00a0Erias Lukwago<\/a>\u2019s victory as Member of Parliament for\u00a0Kampala Central Division<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n