Tag Archives: ULS

“You come to someone’s house whom you have been abusing and you demand to speak….only a fool can allow you to speak. I personally told the program manager to remove you from the list of the people to talk”  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society(ULS) is seeking to establish a demilitarization fund to help Ugandans in military courts to acquire justice. Anthony Asiimwe, the Vice President of ULS, speaking at the public engagement on Thursday, said that there are individuals in the military courts who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the dust settles from the Christmas and New Year festivities, Isaac Ssemakadde’s message to his “Radical New Bar” still hangs in the air. “I won’t be indulging in festive cheer, as our struggle against AG Nsumikambi and Injustice Ssekaana is far from over” said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Law Council has called for a special meeting on Monday to consider an application for a temporary practising certificate from Kenyan Advocate Martha Karua, Senior Counsel. This comes after Karua resubmitted her application on December 23, accompanied by a communication from the Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society President Isaac Ssemakadde has responded to President Yoweri Museveni’s recent directive banning police bonds for criminal suspects , calling it a blatant attack on human rights. In his New Year’s address, Museveni ordered the police to stop issuing bonds to suspects …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 14 candidates vying for the position of Uganda Law Society (ULS) representative to the Judicial Service Commission have joined hands to defend the independence of the legal fraternity. Addressing Journalists at the Uganda Law Society Headquarters in Kampala, the candidates through a joint statement read …

Order given on Friday night by the Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has blocked  the Uganda Law Society Extra Ordinary Annual General Meeting and subsequent elections that were slated  for December 17, 2024. The order given on Friday night by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A dispute within the Uganda Law Society (ULS) over next week’s Extra Ordinary General Meeting has been sent into mediation. Justice Musa Ssekaana on Wednesday ordered the parties to engage in mediation after ULS lawyer Jude Byamukama informed the Court that they wanted to settle …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society-ULS President Isaac Ssemakadde has filed an application before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court seeking the dismissal of charges of insulting the modesty of a woman levied against him by two lawyers Joshua Byamazima and Tony Tumukunde. On  November, 22nd 2024, …