Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â 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 |Â 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. …
Read More »Mairungi farmers demand parliament records on new narcotics drugs bill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso Miraa Growers and Dealers Association has petitioned the Clerk to Parliament demanding documents to help them file a constitutional petition challenging the passing of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Bill of 2023. On August 22nd, Parliament presided over by Deputy Speaker …
Read More »The Elephant in Ugandan courtrooms
Why has no court pronounced itself on Kakwenza’s torture case? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | During the annual judges’ conference held in the last days of January, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija had already become an international phenomenon as he narrated his torture ordeal at the hands of Ugandan security operatives. There …
Read More »Contempt between lawyers and judges
What the fight between Justice Musa Sssekaana and lawyer Male Mabirizi reveals Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | On Feb. 22, while appearing at the Court of Appeal, Male Mabirizi’s lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde, asked the presiding judge, Justice Christopher Madrama, to remain “judiciously alert”. Mabairizi, a litigious lawyer, is appealing …
Read More »Makerere agrees to admit bio-medics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â The Makerere University Admissions Committee has enrolled 26 out of the 33 students from Biomedical Sciences who appealed for consideration. For about five years, applicants for this course have been struggling to get enrolled. The 26 appealed to the admissions committee to effect a 2018 …
Read More »No 2021 election job for Supreme Court?
Relevance of Uganda’s highest at stake Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Since the Electoral Commission on Jan.28 announced the final results of the 2021 presidential elections with the incumbent, President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni winning re-election with 58.38% of votes cast, the clock has been ticking for his …
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