Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The constitutional court has quashed Rule 8(2) and 3 of the Judicature Small Claims Procedure Rules of 2011, which bars advocates from small claims proceedings. A panel of five Constitutional court Judges led by Justice Fredrick Egonda Ntende has unanimously ruled that the provisions …
Read More »LAWYERS: Stop normalizing extra-judicial killings
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers under their umbrella organization, Network for Public Interest Lawyers-NETPIL have called upon the government and its security agencies to stop what they called normalization of extrajudicial killings. Speaking on Friday at Makerere University where the School of Law was launching a report on …
Read More »Stanbic Bank targets lawyers with special financial services pack
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Stanbic Bank Uganda has unveiled a special financial services package targeting members of the legal fraternity, climaxing the 4th annual law conference held this week in Kampala, on an exciting note for legal professionals. Sam Mwogeza, Stanbic Bank Uganda’s Head of Consumer and High Net Worth banking …
Read More »EC dispatches team of 20 lawyers to tackle electoral petitions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has deployed a team of 20 lawyers to tackle election petitions arising out of the recent general elections. In an interview with URN, the head of Litigation at the Electoral Commission Eric Sabiiti said that they received 182 complaints which include 155 …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Are Kyagulanyi’s lawyers to blame for aborting his electoral petition?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lawyers who are representing Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert in the presidential petition currently at the Supreme Court have rejected any blame for the decision to withdraw the case. Kyagulanyi on February 1, filed a petition in the supreme court challenging the victory of Yoweri Kaguta …
Read More »Human rights defenders, lawyers condemn Nicholas Opio’s detention
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of human rights defenders and lawyers under the Uganda Law Society have condemned the continued detention of Nicholas Opio, a city lawyer who was arrested on allegations of money laundering and has been denied police bond. Opiyo, a human rights lawyer was arrested …
Read More »Chief Justice summons lawyers to discuss presidential election petitions
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 …
Read More »Lawyers hit back at Gen. Tumwine
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 …
Read More »Court dismisses petition seeking to lift ban on lawyers’ adverts
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 …
Read More »Changes at ISO good for human rights- Lawyers
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 …
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