By Lexology India: The Delhi High Court has clarified that the lockdown period where premises cannot be used would not give a tenant the right to void the lease. Consequentially, a lessee cannot claim suspension of payment of lease or rental amount due to COVID-19 lockdown. Introduction One of the pertinent issues landlords and tenants…
On Wednesday night, police arrested 32 suspects for violating Presidential directives and Ministry of Health guidelines of social distancing as well as curfew. The 32 suspects were arrested while watching premier league match that is Arsenal vs Liverpool at Katanga in Wandegeya, Kampala. They have been charged with disobedience of lawful orders and doing acts…
Uganda’s Covid-19 confirmed cases have reached 1,043, after the Ministry of Health announced 3 new COVID-19 cases from samples tested yesterday 14th, July 2020. Of the three (3) confirmed cases; two (2) are truck drivers while one (1) is an alert from Kampala. Uganda so far has 198 total active cases on admission that includes…
All MPs and staff of Parliament will undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has said. The Speaker says the exercise will be conducted by the Ministry of Health starting on Thursday, 16 July 2020. Kadaga’s announcement comes after Parliament was thrown into panic with news revealing that one of its own has been…
The Minister for Kampala Betty Amongi has said that it is only President Yoweri Museveni who can announce the reopening of arcades because he is the one who ordered for their closure. Among said, “The opening is supposed to be announced by the President because he is the one who closed the arcades. We have…
Anxiety has hit Uganda Parliament after a female legislator tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, July 14. This was confirmed by Aruu County MP, Odonga Otoo in his message to one of the Parliamentary WhatsApp groups. “I have just been tipped to get out of parliament that Ugandan female MP test positive for Corona Virus…the…
Uganda Police Force with sister security agencies have arrested two suspects in connection to the murder and robbery case that happened in Tororo District on Monday night. Police at Old Kampala arrested two suspects identified as Remus Mulisa and David Twahirwe in connection to the murder and robbery case that took place at Muzuri Hotel…
President Yoweri Museveni has in a missive released on Tuesday night, urged Ugandans to continue to maintain discipline in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. “After a long absence, here is my “missive” to my fellow countrymen, countrywomen and especially, the Bazukulu,” he wrote as he explained Uganda’s COVID-19 status, and said the country is…
By Andrew M. Mwenda Last week, Bank of Uganda (BOU) issued a press statement in which it promised to appeal a ruling by the Court of Appeal in a case against businessman Sudhir Ruparelia over Crane Bank. Yet the statement did not deal with the reason why the court rejected all the grounds of appeal…
The Speaker Rt.Hon.Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Ministers for Health and Kampala respectively to make statements to the House on allegations that they did not adhere to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) instituted to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Kalungu West Member of Parliament, Hon Joseph Ssewungu Gonzaga said that some ministers have flouted…
