Tag Archives: Kiryowa Kiwanuka

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of activists under the “Stop EACOP” Campaign have instituted legal action against the Attorney General, as well as several police officers for alleged brutality against them. The group also says apart from taking action against the police, they are also seeking that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said the UK cannot falsely accuse any Ugandan and he lets it pass. He has therefore tasked the Minister of Foreign Affairs Gen Jeje Odongo, and the Attorney-General Kiryowa Kiwanuka to provide him with details, after the British High Commissioner reported …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka has hit at members of the Uganda Law Society-ULS for overstepping their mandate. This is after the lawyers called for an  Extra Ordinary Meeting to discuss the independence of the Judiciary. Kiryowa Kiwanuka wants the lawyers to respect the boundaries and …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiryowa Kiwanuka and his golf partner Elly Mukasa are among the favourites for a win in the second round of the Singleton Match Play Challenge set for Saturday at Entebbe Club. The pair overcame James Okema and Emmanuel Lwanga a week ago in the first …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following pressure from the House, the Attorney General has revealed that government will challenge the interim orders exempting payment of taxes on gold exports. Kiryowa Kiwanuka made the disclosure while responding to concerns raised by legislators on a waiver issued by the Ministry of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have accused the Attorney General of frustrating the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that was unanimously passed by the House last month. It has emerged that the Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Karugaba Kafuuzi, also the Kyaka South County Member of Parliament wrote to the President …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Attorney General,  Kiryowa Kiwanuka has said that existing laws like the Penal Code Act can be amended to cater for provisions made in the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023. He listed several clauses in the Bill which he said are already catered for in existing …

Kampala, Uganda | THEINDEPENDENT | The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka has said that court rulings on whether the military court should try civilians plunged his chambers into confusion. Kiwanuka, in a speech at the opening of the New Law Year 2023, said the confusion is arising from the judgments from the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A concerned citizen has petitioned the Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka to remind President Yoweri Museveni to appoint a substantive governor of the Bank of Uganda-BOU. Through his lawyers of Nalukoola Advocates and Solicitors, Hajji Yunus Ntale, reminds the state that the Governor’s office has for the last …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka says there is no need for the creation of a sports tribunal to determine sports disputes in the country. He notes that such cases can be handled by the Court of Arbitration, under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act. He said …