Mid last month, the Uganda Judiciary arm commissioned a video conferencing system at Luzira Prison to be used for mentioning of cases within the prison before being fixed for trial.
The technology is designed to assist in the mentioning of all criminal cases at Buganda Road Court involving accused persons on remand in Luzira Prison before their cases are fixed for trial.
This past Monday, Honorable Robert Kyagulanyi a.k.a Bobi Wine was arrested on his way to the CID headquarters in Kibuli, and was later charged with disobedience of section 5 and 10 of the Public Order Management Act 2013 by holding a public meeting without giving notice to any authorized officer.
Bobi Wine was among the activists and politicians who heavily condemned the introduction of the infamous OTT and Mobile Money tax. He was remanded to Luzira by Buganda road grade one magistrate, Esther Nahirya, and the mentioning of the case has been done using a virtual court at Buganda Road Court.
According to the Judiciary, the new system will lower costs of prisons operations as preliminary stages for cases can be handled online as well as minimizing the risks of transporting high profile prisoners as their cases are handled online.
The recordings from all court sessions will be safely kept in the National Backbone Infrastructure at the National Data Center.
The judiciary in January also launched an online platform of paying court fees such as money for bail of suspects among other fees. The e-payment will enable court users pay court fees using Mobile Money at the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal/Constitutional Court and all High Courts.
