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A senior Judiciary official who preferred anonymity said the justice was ill and revealed that they were praying for him. At the moment, multiple reports also say the judge was battling stage four prostate cancer.
Justice Kenneth Kakuru is famous for his vigorous defense of civil liberties and being outspoken. However, he recently applied for early retirement citing issues concerning his ill health.
The 64-year-old judge wrote a dissenting opinion in the ‘age limit bill’. This saw the Constitutional Court uphold the decision by parliament to remove the presidential limit of 75 years. Consequently, President Museveni went ahead to seek a 6th term in office.
“There is always a danger that if the constitution is not strictly complied with, our hard-earned democracy shall degenerate into authoritarianism which leads to totalitarianism and dictatorship,” said Justice Kenneth Kakuru, who was the only dissenting judge on the issue of lifting the age limit.
In the recent past, reports show that Kakuru wrote to the Judicial Services Commission chairperson, Justice Benjamin Kabiito.
He wrote asking Justice Benjamin to forward his request for retirement to President Museveni. Justice Kakuru also said doctors advised him that the management and treatment of his condition would last the rest of his life.
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