The Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has warned the media fraternity about using their freedom in ways that are not tolerable.
The warning followed a complaint raised by Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana who cited 2 cases in which he said he felt the media were not acting objectively.
“The media recently indicated that the petitioner (Mbabazi) had won round one of the petition which was wrong, “Rukutana told court.
He added that Sunday’s Daily Monitor carried an article authored by retired judge Prof. George Kanyeihamba and titled ‘Ghosts of previous elections may haunt Supreme Court’ which he said was biased.
“The retired Supreme Court judge’s article was speculative and intended to arouse anxiety,” Rukutana argued.
He asked court to do something to what he termed as a constant pattern suggestive that the court had not handled well the presidential election petition.
In response, the Chief Justice warned journalists against breaching their code of conduct, noting that they were doing an injustice to the public.
“We allowed live coverage so that the truth comes out but if you continue to spin, we will ask the media council to come in,” Katureebe warned.
“You should not write in a way as if trying to intimidate us because you will not succeed.”