Order given on Friday night by the Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā The High Court in Kampala has blockedĀ the Uganda Law Society Extra Ordinary Annual General Meeting and subsequent elections that were slatedĀ for December 17, 2024. The order given on Friday night by …
Read More »Tempers flare in court as Ssemakadde is accused of insulting DPP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā Tempers flared before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court on Wednesday in a case in which Uganda Law Society-ULS President Isaac Ssemakadde is accused of insulting the modesty of a woman. The complaint filed by lawyers Joshua Byamazima and Tony Tumukunde arose from the alleged …
Read More »Court sets date for Kiryowa Kiwanuka vs Ssemakadde injunction hearing
ULS Expulsion of Attorney General: Court Sets Date for Injunction Application Hearing Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā Dozens of lawyers on Friday stormed the High Court in Kampala to follow up on the case in which two of the members of the Uganda Law Society-ULS are challenging the decision by …
Read More »ULS rings more changes, recalls representatives from Judicial Service Commission
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has recalled their two representatives from the Judicial Service Commission on grounds that they have been there illegally since they were last elected about nine years ago. According to Executive Order Number Two issued by ULS President Isaac Ssemakadde, …
Read More »ULS: Uganda’s AG no longer recognized as ‘Head of the Bar’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN |Ā In an unprecedented move, the Uganda Law Society (ULS) has said it has issued EXECUTIVE ORDER RNB 1 of 2024 expelling the Attorney General and Solicitor General and their representatives from their society council. The statement signed by newly elected ULS President Isaac …
Read More »SSEMAKADDE: Being radical is not being extreme
New ULS Presdent Ssemakadde takes oath, saysĀ ULS cannot be part of the government, nor can it be a tool or a branch of the government. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new President of the Uganda Law Society (ULS), Isaac Kimaze Ssemakadde, has been sworn in, saying ” Being …
Read More »Ssemakadde is the President elect of ULS
Polling stationĀ A SsemakaddeĀ _ 245 Atukunda-Ā 127 Polling Station B Ssemakadde – 268 Atukunda – 126 Invalid – 5 Polling station C Atukunda – 102 Ssemakadde – 225 Invalid – 6 Polling stationĀ D SsemakaddeĀ _ 304 Atukunda-Ā 129 Polling station E Ssemakadde -246 Atukunda-104 Polling stationĀ F SsemakaddeĀ _ 321 Atukunda-Ā 123 Polling station …
Read More »Ssemakadde’s rhetoric suited for activism, not law society
Will Ssemakade, then, take a page from Bobi Wineās book and reshape his image? Only time will tell COMMENT |Ā ALI SSEKATAWA |Ā In 2016, I led a group of young lawyers in a movement we called the āNakivubo Declaration.ā It was a direct encounter to what we termed the āKampala …
Read More »Ssemakadde seeks amendments in Basajjabalaba shs142b compensation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā The Supreme Court in Kampala will next week rule on an application in which Legal Brains Trust is seeking amendments to its case against businessman, Hassan Basjjabalaba. The case is about the controversial 142 billion shillings given to Basajjabalaba as compensation from the government for …
Read More »Lawyer Ssemakadde tells police, ‘see you in court’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā City Lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde has failed to appear at Kampala Central Police Station as summoned by police. He instead sent his lawyers from GEM Advocates to inform the officers to attend court next month in the case where he was accused of offensive communication. …
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