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Excerpts from CJ Malaba's biography as read by Deputy Chief Justice, Honourable Elizabeth Gwaunza: -During the time that he was Judge of Appeal and a Deputy Chief Justice, he was also a Judge of the COMESA Court of Justice for more than a decade (2005-2016). -Mr Justice Malaba is an accomplished human rights defender who has taken advantage of his judicial posting by delivering judgments that protect the fundamental human rights of the vulnerable including women, children and persons with disabilities amongst others. -Since his appointment as the Chief Justice, he has led the judiciary and the Judicial Service Commission in taking deliberate steps meant to enhance access to justice for the people of Zimbabwe through the construction of courthouses in various parts of the country, simplifying court rules so that they are easily understood by ordinary persons and increasing the number of judicial officers both in the magistracy and superior courts. -Under his stewardship, the courts in Zimbabwe are moving towards digitisation through the Integrated Electronic Case Management System (I.E.C.M.S). The first phase of the I.E.C.M.S. was launched on 1 May 2022, at the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and the Commercial Division of the High Court. -This July 2025, under his leadership, the Judicial Service Commission launched the I.E.C.M.S. in the magistrates courts. This phase marks the final stage of the digitisation of Zimbabwe's courts. -Mr Justice Malaba has participated in various training programmes both in the country and the region. He contributed significantly to collaboration in the continental judicial space through Zimbabwe's hosting of the 7th Congress of the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa (CJCA) and the African Electoral Justice Network (AEJN). -He is the current President of the CJCA, serving from 2024 to 2026. -Justice Malaba has also established the Judicial Training Institute of Zimbabwe (JTIZ) whose sole mandate is to develop human capital through training of judicial and non-judicial staff of the Judicial Service Commission.

The Electoral Commission has duly declared His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the elected President of the Republic of Uganda for the 2026–2031 term. Congratulations

Uganda's🇺🇬 elections marred by significant disruptions, widespread delays and biometric glitches force a return to manual voting. President Yoweri Museveni nearly fails to vote after biometric verification machines fail to recognize his fingerprints. They had to scan his face to vote. "I put my right fingerprints on the machines, it didn't work. The machine did not accept it. I put my left fingerprints, it did not accept it. It could be they took them in a different angle. But my face was scanned and accepted by the machine. So, I don't know if this was an oversight or part of the manipulation. But we shall study all the other factors. We are following (investigating) it. We will find out why."