Prosecutors deployed, urged to serve with integrity

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 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.