By Ouni Jaspher
GULU CITY : The Chief Justice Dr. Flavian Zeija has commended retired Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo on fostering and guiding reforms in the Administration of Justice in Uganda through advocacy for alternative dispute resolution centered around communities and the people, bridged traditional justice system and drew courts closer to the people
The Chief Justice’s message was read by
the Principal Judge of Uganda Jane Frances Abodo during former Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo homecoming celebrations at Kaunda Grounds in Gulu City on Saturday.
Chief Justice Dr. Flavian Zeija described retired Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo as a tower of inspiration to the judiciary and his precedence is well anchored in the national justice archives.
Speaking in the event, the Retired Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo declares “Community revival for Acholi” as his next course of action to drive wealth creation for all homesteads in Acholi sub region.
According to him, Acholi Sub region has a deficit in wealth creation caused by historical wars and conflicts that wallowed the sub region into poverty for long.
Retired Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo reveals his vision to spur people centered wealth creation initiatives involving indigenous communities and conversion of unutilized large expanses of land into productivity.
He further explains how operation wealth creation chief Rtd. General Salim Saleh has so far aided the implementation of mechanisation of agriculture in Acholi.
Retired Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo told Acholi people to stop the rhetoric war-talk and embark on the socioeconomic revival of their households.
Rtd. CJ Dollo has pitched an irrigation scheme for government to be established at Agoro to boost farming in the area.
Rtd Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo asked government to interrogate the impact of socioeconomic empowerment funds injected into northern Uganda and Acholi Sub region in particular.
The Retired Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo has called for by-laws compelling people to take up wealth creation initiatives.
He has called leaders including political and cultural leaders in Acholi sub region to lead socioeconomic transformation in their jurisdictions.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni backs retired Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo’s revival plans for Acholi Sub region and calls for intensified wealth creation drives for the area.
He commended the Retired Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo for acknowledging the need to prioritize wealth creation as anchored in the NRM ideology for socioeconomic transformation that has been under implementation since the 1994 initiated as Entandikwa to other landmark wealth creation initiatives that include Operation Wealth creation, NAADS, PDM among others.
President Museveni notes that many actors in leadership had failed to identify the major distinction between wealth creation and development which stalled earlier socioeconomic transformation strides by government and therefore applauding Retired Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo for embodying the concept.
Mr. Museveni commended Retired Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo on his incorruptible character during his stay in the country’s judicial service.
President Yoweri Museveni notes that he has never heard of any personal involvement of Rtd. Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo into any corruption scandal and applauded him for his outstanding performance and national service.
Former Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo served as Chief Justice of Uganda from 2020 until January 2026 when he clocked the mandatory retirement age of 70 years.
He had also served as the Acting Chief Justice of Uganda from June 2020 and deputy Chief Justice from September 2017.
