Tag Archives: High Court

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The former Makindye East Member of Parliament, Michael Mabikke has sued Law Development Center for canceling his Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.   Through his lawyers of Semuyaba, Iga and Company Advocates, Mabikke contends that after successfully completing his four year Bachelors of Law degree …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An assistant lecturer at Makerere University, Godber Wilson Tumushabe is suing the institution demanding to be paid his salary arrears for eight years amounting to 304 million shillings. Tumushabe says that when he was being employed as an assistant lecturer at the Human Rights and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The interdicted former Mbarara Grade One Magistrate, Opio Belmos Ogwang has petitioned the Civil Division of High Court seeking to block his sexual harassment trial before the Judicial Service Commission. Opio’s application is filed before the Civil Division of High Court by his lawyers …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Mbarara has awarded 70 million shillings to three interdicted Ishaka-Bushenyi municipal officials for illegal interdiction. The officials are Deus Nuwagaba, municipal senior engineer, Robert Nuwagira, procurement officer and Jackson Muhwezi, the municipal treasurer. Through their lawyers, Ngaruye Ruhindi, Spencer and Company …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandans in the diaspora and the prisoners will be able to participate in the 2026 general elections but not in 2021 as had been earlier ordered by the High Court. This is according to the consent order signed by the Electoral Commission lawyers led by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Gloria Linda Nagami has sued the Electoral Commission for blocking more than one million citizens from participating in the electoral process. Nagami, 25 has filed her application before the High Court Civil Division with the help of public interest lawyers of Pace Advocates. She …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  High Court has issued orders restraining warring parties feuding over land in Kansanga Kiwafu B and Heritage zones in Makindye division in Kampala from carrying out any physical developments.    The order affects more than 300 occupants on the disputed land. The group is feuding …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electoral Commission has asked High Court to dismiss an application filed by Joseph Kabuleta seeking to block digital elections citing abuse of court process. Last month, EC released a revised roadmap for the 2021 general elections in which it introduced virtual campaigns as opposed to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application seeking to block the selective roll-out of electronic receipts and invoices by Uganda Revenue Authority. The program also known as the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solutions is a government initiative through which businesses are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of boda boda cyclists under the National Federation of Professional Cyclists Network have dragged the government to court over the continued restrictions imposed on their activities. The government has maintained restrictions against motorcyclists as one of the measures to control person to person …