Tag Archives: law

    COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA |  Writing recently in The Observer, Asuman Kiyingi advanced a sweeping claim: that General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, while serving as Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), is unlawfully directing a political movement through the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU). In Kiyingi’s telling, President Yoweri Museveni’s October letter …

  Kenyan constitutional lawyer and veteran politician Martha Karua embraced the brief to defend Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye after his abduction from Nairobi in November 2024. Nearly two years later, she finds herself barred from entering Uganda, in a legal and political saga that is testing the boundaries of justice, …

Inside a landmark case that tested Uganda’s mobile courts, judicial independence, and the legal threshold for the ultimate sentence   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | On the morning of April 2, 2026, what began as an ordinary school day at a modest childcare centre on the southeastern outskirts of Kampala …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Parliament of Uganda is today proceeding with the second and third readings of the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026. The decision to fast-track the legislation comes just eight days after its first reading on April 15, 2026, effectively bypassing the standard 45-day window typically reserved …

  TikTokers and X users bore the brunt of the Computer Misuse Act   Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Uganda’s long-running battle over digital freedom registered a significant victory on March 17 when the Constitutional Court swept the Computer Misuse Act — one of the country’s most controversial speech …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With the aggrieved at the same time making the decision, the Magistrates Chambers at Gulu Magistrate court has granted bail to the Law internship student who is alleged to have illegally shared court register to an outsider. Laker Gloria Grace, who is alleged to …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  When China’s annual “two sessions” convene in Beijing each spring, the discussions of national lawmakers and political advisors extend well beyond macroeconomic targets and national blueprints. The meetings are also opportunities for them and President Xi Jinping, who is a national lawmaker himself, to drill down …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In an evening meeting hall filled with the murmur of lawyers, aspiring practitioners, and a few journalists, the 13th Chief Justice of Uganda agreed to be featured on the Judicial Service Conversation hosted by City Lawyer Elison Karuhanga on the social media platform X. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When Ian Ndamwesiga, known to many as “Genius,” walked away from a prestigious government-sponsored civil engineering course at Makerere University, many believed he was making a serious mistake. Today, with a First-Class degree in law from Uganda Christian University (UCU), the 29-year-old has turned that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has assented to the controversial Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) Act, 2025, which grants military courts the power to try civilians. In May this year, Members of Parliament from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), leveraging their numerical strength, passed the UPDF (Amendment) …