The Uganda Law Society has strongly called upon Ugandans to fully practice and follow the rule of law so as to enable the nation move to greater heights in terms of democracy and governance.

President of the Uganda Law Society, Francis Gimara.

Speaking at the launch of the Rule of Law Advisory Panel on Wednesday, the President of the Uganda Law Society, Francis Gimara, emphasised the need for all aspects of Ugandans no matter the posts they hold in the country to live an equal life where everyone is respecting the laws of the land and create a leveled platform for the citizens to fully live happily in their country.

The high level advisory panel Chaired by, Prof. Fredrick Ssempebwa, is tasked with duties of upholding the rule of law and to advise on emerging rule of law issues concerning incidents regarding constitutionalism, access to justice, democracy, good governance, accountability and transparency, advise on legal reforms and developments affecting the rule of law and fundamental freedoms in Uganda.

It also looks issues to mediate and initiates dialogue on behalf of the Uganda law society on issues of constitutionalism and rule of law among other matters that the law society has deemed fine to seeing that all citizens and the nation Uganda lives in a just environment.
However, Prof. Ssempebwa stresses that they are not here to fight any one and confirms that they are working towards creating better governance systems for the nation where everyone is equal before the laws.
The initiative by the Uganda law society is among the plans by the society to change the country’s laws system as they mark 60 years of existence.