Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Family Division of the High Court has fixed March 26, 2021, as the date on which it will decide where lawyer Bob Kasango will be buried. High Court Judge Lydia Mugambe Ssali fixed the date after hearing arguments from both parties on the impending …
Read More »Lawyer Kasango was left to die for 24 hours –Wife
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was drama at All Saints Cathedral, Kampala as two families fought for the body of lawyer Bob Kasango. The casket containing his remains was grabbed from the A-Plus pallbearers by a group of relatives from Tororo District in Eastern Uganda. The relatives encircled …
Read More »Families fight for lawyer Bob Kasango’s body at All Saints Cathedral
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was drama at All Saints Cathedral, Kampala as two families fought for the body of lawyer Bob Kasango. The casket containing his remains was grabbed from the A-Plus pallbearers by a group of relatives from Tororo District in Eastern Uganda. The relatives encircled the …
Read More »The living history of Bob Kasango
THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | On Saturday night, my best friend and brother, Robert Aldridge Kasango, died in Murchison Bay Hospital inside Luzira Prison. The cause of death was heart failure! He was only 46 years. Bob didn’t have to die at this early age and in the …
Read More »Uganda Law Society mourns loss of lawyer Bob Kasango
📌 FUNERAL PROGRAM ✳ SUNDAY – Vigil Butabika 7-8pm ✳ MONDAY – Service & Vigil 7-8pm ✳ TUESDAY – Church Service 10am All Saints ✳ TUESDAY – Vigil Fort Portal 5pm ✳ WEDNEDAY – Prayers at home ✳ THURDAY – Burial Fort Portal 12pm Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The …
Read More »Judge steps down from pension scam appeal over lawyer Kasango
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Appellant court has indefinitely suspended the appeal by three former Public Service Ministry officials and City lawyer, Bob Kasango challenging their conviction. The former Public Service Ministry officials include Jimmy Lwamafa, the former Permanent Secretary, Christopher Obey, the former Principal Accountant and Stephen …
Read More »DPP to investigate embattled Bob Kasango’s health claims
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Director of Public Prosecution Mike Chibita is investigating city laywer Bob Kasango’s health claims, that have stalled the hearing of the sh15 billion pension case before the Anti-corruption Court against him and three former jailed officials of the Ministry of Public Service, . …
Read More »Justice and the power of mobs
COMMENT: By Bob Kasango The traditional court system must examine itself over the rise of courts of public opinion Each week in Uganda is eventful and a new word or phrase takes centre stage. Weeks back it was “bailout”, last week it was “cows and goats”, this week ended with “mobs …
Read More »Westgate: A search for answers
By Bob Kasango Such attacks show why the world must widen the frontiers of freedom and promote democracy In May 2011, soon after the killing of the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, in Pakistan by US Special Forces, the Economist Magazine ran a special feature titled, “Now, kill …
Read More »Law Society’s bad move on Attorney General
By Bob Kasango We should never let our ideological differences and inclinations come in the way of our professional disagreements It’s not the rule of law, it’s the rule of lawyers: That’s the central message conveyed by the Uganda Law Society’s suspension of the Attorney General’s membership and the award …
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