It’s illogical for Uganda with approximately 40m people to have a parliament as big as that of India with 1.4bn people COMMENT | MICHAEL ABONEKA | The conversations to reduce the size of Parliament are not new only that the talks do not come to fruition. Before I go further …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court sitting in Kampala has ruled illegal, all laws that allow girls that are below 18 years of age to get married. In a petition filed by Kampala civil rights activist Michael Aboneka and Kirya Martins, a five-judge panel unanimously held that any law …
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Since responsibility to ensure safety of road users is on the government, victims action against it can succeed COMMENT | Michael Aboneka | Road accidents are on the rise like never before and it is important for us to interrogate the major causes. This is not the first time we are raising …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA has asked the High Civil Division in Kampala to dismiss a suit filed by city lawyer Michael Aboneka against the authority for failure to install streetlights along the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. Aboneka ran to the High Court on June 16th, 2022 to declare …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has fixed December 15th 2022 to decide on the legality of the agreement signed between the government and Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited to manage the production, export and setting of coffee prices in the country. Civil Division Judge Emmanuel …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A call to review, strengthen and implement existing laws so as to maintain the rule of law has been made by members of the civil society noting that this will limit duplication of laws. According to Michael Aboneka, an advocate with Thomas and Michael Advocates, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two lawyers who petitioned the High Court seeking to quash an agreement between the government and Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited have filed additional evidence to support their case. In April, Henry Byansi and Michael Aboneka challenged the agreement signed by Ramathan Ggoobi, the Secretary …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two lawyers have petitioned the High Court Civil Division to quash an agreement between the government and Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited on grounds that it is illegal and irrational. Henry Byansi and Michael Aboneka are challenging the agreement signed by Ramathan Ggoobi, the Secretary …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Initiative for Social and Economic Rights-ISER, a civil society organization has sued the government for alleged failure to put in place a legal framework to regulate school dues and requirements. In their application before the High Court Civil Division in Kampala, ISER together with Michael …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has allowed counsel Michael Aboneka and Martins Kirya to continue pursuing their suit against the government for alleged failure to translate the 1995 Constitution into indigenous languages. Civil Division High Court Judge, Boniface Wamala made the ruling after rejecting the …
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