00:00One African country is challenging centuries of courtroom tradition, not just by changing its laws, but how justice looks, sounds
00:08and feels.
00:09In Uganda, the Uganda Law Society has adopted an executive order calling for the removal of colonial-era courtroom practices.
00:17That includes bowing before a judge or using titles such as My Lord, My Lady.
00:22Instead, they would be referred to as Mr. Magistrate, Mr. Justice, Madam Magistrate, Madam Justice.
00:31This law society has said these traditions has created a culture where judicial officers seem to be above the people
00:40they serve.
00:40It argues that Uganda's justice system has long struggled with systemic delays, corruption and case delays, leaving 167,000 cases
00:52pending.
00:52For the law society, the problem isn't just the backlog, it's the culture.
00:57It believes that justice should earn respect, true fairness, integrity and accountability, and not true rituals as inherited during the
01:06colonial era.
01:07The reform is also calling for a review of the colonial era judicial wig and gown, questioning whether it reflects
01:16Uganda's values and identity, especially as United Kingdom, which this originated from, has phased out wearing of the wigs and
01:26the gown in the civil and family courts, but still maintain it in the criminal court.
01:30The debate has begun.
01:32Could Uganda's decision reshape courtrooms across Africa?
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