Prosecutors deployed, urged to serve with integrity

KAMPALA – The Director of Public Prosecutions, Jane Frances Abodo on Thursday flagged off the deployment of 100 recently recruited State Attorneys (Under the office of the DPP) to serve in various field offices country-wide.

In her address, the DPP urged the State Attorneys to exhibit integrity, faithfulness, and hard work and remain focused while executing their constitutional mandate. She informed them that they were going to serve the people from whom they derive prosecutorial authority.

She also highlighted that evaluation would be personal, as each of them had taken an oath individually and encouraged them to work and do the right thing in the stations they have been deployed to.

The DPP announced her plan to divide and cluster the 100 recruited State Attorneys into 10 different groups and attach to each team a mentor who would be at the level of Assistant DPP or Chief State Attorney for purposes of guiding and mentoring them into being effective officers of the ODPP.

She implored the new State Attorneys to take advantage of the diverse opportunities in public service and further their studies.

On the same occasion, Mr. Odumbi James Owere, the Deputy DPP in charge of International Affairs/Prosecutions gave an overview of criminal prosecutions and the Decision to Charge Guidelines. He urged the prosecutors to always be adequately prepared before appearing in court. On the other hand, Mr. John Baptist Asiimwe, the Deputy DPP, Management Support Services gave an overview of the ODPP operations wherein he highlighted the general structure of the ODPP.

In his presentation on Inspection and Quality Assurance in the ODPP, Mr.George William Byansi, the Deputy DPP, Inspection, Quality Assurance, Research and Training pointed out the critical criminal prosecution standards that each State Attorney is required to observe.

Mr. Wajambuka David Giboyi, the Assistant Commissioner, Human Resource Management gave a crucial address on public service and the need to adhere to the Public Service Standing orders.

The State Attorneys are required to report to their respective duty stations with immediate effect. It is hoped that this lot of prosecutors will bridge the gap of the already overwhelming staffing gap in the ODPP and boost the prosecution service delivery to the people of Uganda.

Other prosecutors in the office have also been transferred for effective service delivery.