They say if you want to lie or confuse, use statistics. All the arms of governance play a critical role in service delivery by enabling a conducive business environment and offering equal opportunities for everyone to succeed. However, an inefficient Judiciary (Supreme court and all lower courts), slows down the whole system in a way that is more pervasive than the other two arms (executive and legislative) combined. In my experience, there are three major causes of case backlog in Uganda: Poor quality investigations Inadequate incentives to the current judicial officers, and Judicial processes bureaucracy Before I explore each…
Great investigators focus on facts
Where is the evidence? What are the facts of the case? Who are the suspects? Why are they suspects? I usually tell my students the investigator’s mantra: “if you don’t have evidence that supports your statement, do not write it in the report.” To formulate the hypothesis, you need to gain an understanding of the issue – what exactly happened. What is the issue? What happened? Who did it? Why did they do it? When did they do it? The objective of any investigation is to establish facts. To find answers. To close a case, the investigator is required to…
Cybersecurity basics for law firms
The legal profession is built on the foundation of security (confidentiality, integrity and availability) of client secrets. You are right to say all professionals have a responsibility to keep their client’s secrets secret. How can a lawyer in Uganda with a team of paralegals and other likeminded staff each with a laptop / computer interconnected on the same network keep customers’ secrets on their computers secret? Put yourself in the shoes of a typical client of a law firm. You are a manager. You work in a department with other professionals. On 16th May 2017, you were asked to travel…