Flavia Anglin Senoga

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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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Richard Wanambwa (14 March 2011). "Principal judge, deputy chief justice swear in". Daily Monitor Mobile . Kampala. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 Hague Talks (7 January 2018). "Flavia Anglin: Judge In Uganda: Speaker". The Haugue: HaugeTalks.Com. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Judiciary of Uganda (15 August 2017). "The Honorable Judges Of The High Court of Uganda". Kampala: Judiciary of Uganda. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Anthony Wesaka (3 June 2016). "Judge blasts politicians on court orders". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Wesaka, Anthony (8 June 2017). "10 High Court Judges Transferred". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  6. ↑ Kasule, Farooq (5 February 2018). "Pine Murder Case Flops". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ↑ AFARD (3 August 2018). "About Agency for Accelerated Regional Development". Nebbi Town Council: Agency for Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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