President Appoints High Court Judge As New Director Private Procecution-DPP

 President Museveni has appointed High Court Judge Jane Frances Abodo as the new Director of Public Prosecution.

The office that had been vacant for the past five months was previously occupied by Justice Mike Chibita who has been serving since 2013.

Chibitta was recently appointed as a supreme court Judge.

Justice Abodo has worked at the Directorate of Public Prosecution-DPP before when she was appointed judge in February 2018 and posted to the Criminal Division of the High Court.

Prior to her most recent appointment, she was Senior Assistant DPP and headed the Anticorruption desk of the DPP.

Justice Abodo is highly qualified with a Master of Laws from Trinity College Dublin (2016). In 2015, Abodo was recognized by the Uganda Law Society (ULS) as the best prosecutor of the year. Her office boasted of the highest conviction rates in Uganda.

Justice Abodo will appear before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Monday, April 6 for vetting alongside Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, who was appointed commissioner-general of the Uganda prisons, James Mwanje,  Irene Segawa, Asuman Kiyingi who were recently appointed by the president among others.

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