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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has paid tribute to the Professor George William Kanyeihamba, who passed away on July 14, 2025. Speaking during a condolence visit, Museveni recalled his first encounter with Professor Kanyeihamba during a heated debate at Makerere University in 1969 or 1970, when Museveni …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Retired Supreme Court Judge and former Cabinet Minister Professor George W Kanyeihamba has died. According to his friend Arnold Mukose, who has been one of his caretakers, the Professor passed on at Nakasero Hospital on Monday, where he had been admitted for nearly …

Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Retired Supreme Court Justice George William Kanyeihamba has a direct question for MPs seeking to amend the constitution so that President Yoweri Museveni can stay on. “Do you want to say that the movement (ruling party – NRM) hasn’t groomed anyone capable of replacing Museveni?” …

Why Besigye’s army of rage is defeating Museveni Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | When about five security officers from President Yoweri Museveni’s protection force, the Special Forces Command (SFC) first pounced to evict Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine from parliament on Sept.27, he was ready for them. He …

Filling 23 posts for judges has become complicated with various groups proposing new ways for President Yoweri Museveni and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to balance competence, integrity, and politics. Pressure is highest over replacing Deputy Chief Justice, Steven Kavuma who retires in September and two Supreme Court Judges. Other …

Kanyeihamba tips Cavendish varsity students Former Supreme Court Judge of Uganda George W. Kanyeihamba has urged students to take the lead in making Uganda a better place to live in, for the future generation. Speaking to over 100 students of law studying at Cavendish University Uganda in Kamwokya on May …

Justice Kanyeihamba warns of looming vacuum in judiciary Chief Justice Bart Katureebe will be 70-years old in 2020 and, under current law, he must retire then. That is four years away but already anxiety is mounting about who will replace him. Part of the reason for the anxiety is that …

COMMENT: By Prof. George W. Kanyeihamba The greatest disservice that the NRM government has done to Uganda is its tolerance of corruption in public affairs and its failure to curb incidents of abuse of office and embezzlement of public funds. Indeed, in some instances, it would seem that to do …

By the Indepenent Team In chapter 39 of his book titled `The Blessings and Joy of Being who you are” retired former Supreme Court Justice George K. Kanyeihamba writes about “the struggle to maintain the independence and impartiality of the judiciary in Uganda”. We reproduce excerpts of that chapter titled …

By Ronald Musoke The Forum for former African Heads of State and Government has co-opted Prof George W. Kanyeihamba to support a high level team mandated by the African Union to mediate in the border dispute between Malawi and Tanzania. The forum led by the former Mozambican president Joachim Chissano …