Flavia Anglin Senoga Explained

Flavia Anglin Senoga, also Flavia Senoga Anglin, is a Ugandan lawyer and judge on the High Court of Uganda. She was appointed to that court by president Yoweri Museveni, on 14 March 2011.[1]

Background and education

She graduated from the Faculty of Law of Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university, with a Bachelor of Laws, circa 1973. The following year, she was awarded a Diploma in Legal Practice by the Law Development Centre, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city.[1]

Career

Prior to her ascension to the bench, Ms Senoga was the Chief Registrar at the High Court of Uganda,[1] the first woman to serve in that capacity.[2] She had started out as a Grade I magistrate, prior to that.[2]

At the High Court, she was assigned to different divisions until she was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Criminal Division.[3] Before the criminal division, Justice Senoga served in the Executions and Bailiffs Division of the High Court, as the Deputy Head.[4] She was transferred to the Criminal Division in June 2017.[5]

Among the cases that she has presided over, is State vs Muhammad Ssebuufu et. al, also referred to as the "Pine Murder Case", where a car salesman and others are accused of kidnapping a customer and beating her to death, on account of failure to settle a USh9 million (US$2,500) debt.[6]

Other considerations

Justice Flavia Anglin Senoga is a member of the board of directors of the Agency for Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD), non-profit, organization that aims to improve the living conditions of the people of the West Nile sub-region.[7]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Principal judge, deputy chief justice swear in . Richard Wanambwa . 14 March 2011 . 3 August 2018 . . Kampala.
  2. Web site: Flavia Anglin: Judge In Uganda: Speaker . 3 August 2018 . 7 January 2018 . HaugeTalks.Com . Hague Talks . The Haugue.
  3. Web site: 3 August 2018 . The Honorable Judges Of The High Court of Uganda . 15 August 2017 . Judiciary of Uganda . Judiciary of Uganda . Kampala.
  4. Web site: Judge blasts politicians on court orders . 3 June 2016 . 3 August 2018 . . Anthony Wesaka . Kampala . 4 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014156/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Judge-blasts-politicians-on-court-orders/688334-3229650-g6xk3bz/index.html . dead .
  5. Web site: 10 High Court Judges Transferred . 8 June 2017 . . 3 August 2018 . Wesaka . Anthony . Kampala.
  6. Web site: Pine Murder Case Flops . 5 February 2018. 3 August 2018 . . Kasule. Farooq . Kampala.
  7. Web site: 3 August 2018 . About Agency for Accelerated Regional Development . 3 August 2018 . Agency for Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD) . AFARD . Nebbi Town Council.