The
Chief Justice, Bart Katureebe has flown to South Africa for cataract surgery
days after his Court of Appeal upheld constitutional judgment on Age limit.
Sources
in the judiciary indicate that Justice Katureebe left the country on Monday
around 2:30pm aboard Fly Emirates.
He was accompanied by his wife Bernadette Katureebe and personal assistant, Aloysius Natwijuka who will be attending to him after the surgery.
The
procedure involves the removal of the eye lens and replacing it with an
artificial one.
According to Mayo Clinic.org, a cataract causes the lens
to become cloudy eventually affecting one’s vision.
Justice
Katureebe is expected back in Uganda on May 17, 2019 if the eye operation goes
well.
This is the second surgery the Chief Justice in undergoing
within a space of one month. In March, Justice Katureebe spent three weeks in
South Africa for another operation on his left arm.
Sources say Katureebe was operated following severe pain on his
shoulders and back.
During the launch of Video Conferencing facilities at Buganda Road Court Road Court on April 15, 2019, Justice Katureebe delegated a junior officer to read his speech citing eyesight complications.
He couldn’t also read his judgment in the Supreme Court on the consolidated Age Limit Appeals challenging the Constitutional Amendment number 2 Act of 2017.
Justice
Katureebe told court that he had health issues mostly to do with his eyes.
He later delegated Justice Eldard Mwanguhya to read his
judgment, which led to the dismissal of the appeals.
Mr Mabirizi has since vowed to petition the Supreme Court seeking a review of Katureebe’s Judgment on grounds that a judgment delivered by a ‘blind person’ is null and void.
(Source: URN)
