Tag Archives: ULS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society has taken the Ugandan government to the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) over its decision to indefinitely suspend several civil society organisations (CSOs), arguing that the directive violates regional treaty obligations on governance, democracy, rule of law, and human …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Lina Zedriga Waru-Abuku, Deputy President of the National Unity Platform (NUP) for Northern Uganda, has been honored with Uganda Law Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She was among the awardees as the country’s Bar celebrated the Women’s Day commemoration, in which the Lifetime Achievement …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Outspoken legal activist lawyer Male Hassan Mabirizi Kassim Kiwanuka has formally applied to the Law Council for admission and enrollment as an advocate of the High Court of Uganda, citing over a decade of self-driven litigation and constitutional activism. In a letter dated May …

Reason to deny Besigye bail is speculative and unsupported by law KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has strongly criticized the High Court’s decision to deny bail to opposition figure Dr. Kizza Besigye and Hajji Obeid Lutaale, calling the court’s reasoning speculative and unsupported by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has halted the hearing of the criminal case in which two lawyers accuse Uganda Law Society (ULS) President Isaac Ssemakadde of insulting the modesty of a woman. Hearing of this case has been halted pending determination of the application …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has raised concerns over what they term as punitive and discriminatory bail conditions being handed down by judicial officers across the country. Speaking at the weekly press briefing in Kampala, Public Interest Lawyer Amos Kuuku decried the growing trend of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has expressed concern over what they say are inexplicable delays in hearing cases in which their President, Isaac Ssemakadde, wants the Court to restore his right to liberty and set aside the warrant of arrest and a …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has issued an order directing the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to arrest Uganda Law Society President Isaac Ssemakadde from whichever country he is hiding and bring him back home to face trial on charges of insulting the …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has condemned the escalating acts of violence witnessed during the Kawempe North parliamentary by-election campaigns. Addressing journalists at the Uganda Law Society Secretariat in Kampala, the ULS President Anthony Asiimwe said that the actions of security personnel who include …

“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 …