Lugbara, Kakwa and Madi have used a court system of elders for many generations
1. Elders are the judges who are called to debate/discuss many cases involving conflicts over land, adultery, theft, domestic violence, murder, etc. In a village where there are many clans, each clan has their elder chief and a deputy. Whenever an issue requires all the elders from a particular village, all of them are summoned by the elder in the clan where the issue/problem has occurred. The elders discuss the problem and levy fines based on the gravity of the problem. This local court system is practiced up to today. 2. Secondly elders practice what is called LUCUO. Typically elders are summoned to discuss misfortune someone is having. Common example I have seen and know is someone loosing their children all the time or someone who is barren. Elders gather to talk about the potential enemies of that person who may be acting against the victim. Normally, each elder comes with a chicken. They dig holes called ONDA. They slaughter these chickens and if a chicken without head flies, falls and dies in the hole in front of somebody, they claim that person is the enemy. Most Lugbara elders who have never gone to school practice these things up today. I hope someone can add more JJ On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Margaret Angucia <odukuj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Members of the West Nile Net, > > Good morning! > > I am Margaret Angucia an Associate Professor at Uganda Martyrs > University. I am doing a study on informal justice systems in Uganda. > I would like to profile among others the informal justice system of > the Lugbara as a case study. Informal justice systems for other ethnic > groupings can fairly be accessed e.g. the "mat oput" for Acholi; the > "Bataka Courts" in Kibaale; the "Bakhulu Bambulamu (sp)" of the > Bakonjo, etc but the knowledge and practice of the same among the > Lugbara seem to be silent. By copy of this mail I am seeking > information on (with an assumption that it exists): > 1. What is the informal justice system called in Lugbara? > 2. What form does it take? > 3. What processes are involved? > 4. Is it institutionalised? if so,what/who are the major components of > the institution of the Lugbara informal justice system ? > 5.How would you assess the usefulness of the informal justice system > vis -a-vis the formal justice system for the common people? > 6. What are the major challenges of the informal justice system of the > Lugbara in regard to human rights? > 7. how could the informal and formal justice systems complement each other? > > The questions are fairly many for this medium but feel free to answer > all ( - most desirable if you have the time) or some or just one. > > I would also appreciate if someone knows the contact(s) (telephone) of > some of our elders that I could talk to about the Lugbara informal > justice system and let me have their number. > If someone has literature/readings on Lugbara informal justice > systems, please do let me know or have it - kindly. > > If you would like to help me and respond, in order that you may not > spam the inbox of members you could just reply to me alone. > > I appreciate your help in advance and thanks for your time on this long > mail. > > Margaret > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > WestNileNet@kym.net > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ >
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