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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo is scheduled to meet top city lawyers in a four day’s symposium to discuss how to handle presidential election petitions. This comes a month to the 2021 presidential elections. Eleven candidates are currently traversing the country to canvas support for …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Lawyers under different organizations have hit back at Minister of Security, Gen. Elly Tumwine over statements he made regarding the conduct of security personnel during the two-day city protests.  On Friday Tumwine told journalists at the media center that the police and other security personnel …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   A panel of five Constitutional Court Judges has dismissed a petition in which former West Budama North MP Fox Odoi was challenging a section under the Advocates Act which blocks lawyers from advertising their services. The petition which was filed in 2013, on grounds …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of human rights lawyers have described the dismissal of Internal Security Organisation –ISO director, Col Frank Kaka Bagyenda, as good news for the human rights fraternity. Having served as the ISO boss for close to four years, Kaka was relieved of his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Legal Aid Providers Network-LASPNET is lining up a team of lawyers to prosecute perpetrators of election violence in the upcoming election. LAPSNET’s executive director Sylvia Namubiru Mukasa reveals that their organization will take legal action against all security officers, candidates and their agents who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing retired General Henry Tumukunde in the case where he is challenging the summons to appear before the Criminal Investigations Department of Police have this afternoon clashed with trial Judge Musa Ssekaana who declined to summon the CID director AIGP Grace Akullo. The proceedings …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Lawyers of the former Commander of Allied Democratic Forces-ADF rebels Jamil Mukulu have petitioned the Registrar of International Crimes Division demanding for speedy hearing of the bail application. The lawyers led by Anthony Wameli last month went to the Criminal Division of High Court to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The High Court has ruled that lawyers who obtain a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from Rwanda are not eligible to enroll as an Advocate in Uganda.    Justice Esta Nambayo’s ruling stems from an application filed by Andrew Bataamwe in 2019. Bataamwe obtained his Bachelors …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Law Society-ULS is still puzzled on the criteria to use to select 30 lawyers who will provide legal services to people in need during the current nationwide lockdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic. During his 13th televised address on the Covid-19 pandemic, President, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Legal Aid Service Providers Network (LASPNET) has petitioned Chief Justice Bart Katureebe to engage the President and make a case for recognition of legal services as essential service as well as allow emergency legal response during the lockdown. The petition is signed by …