Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rights activists are proposing some strategies to be adopted to promote the safety of Ugandan migrant workers in the Middle East. Their proposals follow a backdrop of deaths and human rights violations involving Uganda domestic workers in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Health rights advocates have dragged the Kenyan Government to the East African Court of Justice for lifting the ban on the use of Genetically Modified Organisms-GMOs. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights- CEFROHT, a human organization that promotes …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has ruled that in future, lawyers who refuse to receive court documents on behalf of their clients should be held personally accountable for their decision and pay costs in such cases. This land mark decision was made on Friday by a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers from Wameli and Company Advocates have petitioned the government to have them recognized as essential workers such that they are cleared to move to various courts. According to the lawyers led by Geoffrey Turyamusiima, President Yoweri Museveni on June 17th 2021 listed the categories …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society has petitioned the Ministry of Health to clear its members to move to all courts without restrictions. The call comes barely a day after President Yoweri Museveni announced restrictions on movement across districts as a new measure to control the spread …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Law Society-ULS is holding a virtual extraordinary general meeting to discuss the persecution and prosecution of advocates by security in the course of their work. Pheona Nabasa, the ULS President says they decided to meet as a board to discuss issues affecting their profession …
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Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s corporate law firm, Ligormac Advocates, has broadened its legal services with the inclusion of tax related advisory services to customers. This comes barely four months since the firm entered into a collaboration with the US-based Andersen Tax and the Andersen Global that has nearly …
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