The Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has asked High Court to dismiss with costs an application by two lawyers challenging the controversial coffee deal between the government of Uganda and Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited. Henry Byansi and Micheal Aboneka petitioned the High Court in April 2022 challenging the agreement signed by Ramathan Ggoobi, the Secretary…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has advised Peter Kamya and Dr Margaret Muganwa Kamya, the proprietors of Simbamanyo House and Afrique Suites to seek court redress on the sale of the two properties. In a 25th October 2021 letter to Kamya, copied to the Attorney General, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and the Governor, Bank Uganda,…
Fish traders whose trucks are being held by Uganda government authorities have sued the head of the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU on Lake George and Edward, the Director of Fisheries Resources in Entebbe, and the Attorney General for illegally confiscating their fish. On October 3, 2021, Uganda Revenue Authority together with FPU impounded five fish trucks…
Uganda police through the attorney general have vowed to appeal against the Constitutional Court after the ruling that the police have no powers to stop or disperse public gatherings as it annulled the contentious Section 8 of the Public Order Management Act (POMA). Last week, a panel of judges; Kenneth Kakuru, Geofrey Kiryabwire, Elizabeth Musoke…
The Attorney General William Byaruhanga on Wednesday February 19, 2020 came under fire for failing to present a response on a raft of constitutional amendments proposed by the Opposition under the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Byaruhanga together with the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Ephraim Kamuntu were expected to avail the Legal and Parliamentary…
Allegations of the impropriety of the acquisition of land in Kampala by Mesas Pine Investments have been termed false and baseless by the Attorney General, Hon William Byaruhanga. According to the Attorney General, the allegations made by Kawempe North MP, Hon. Latif Ssebagala in December related to improper acquisition of school land in Kampala are…
The Attorney General, William Byaruhanga, has appealed to Parliament to prioritise recruitment of staff at the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, arguing that low staffing is to blame for the accumulation of court awards against government. Byaruhanga told the House Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs that the Ministry is only 60 percent…
The attorney general William Byaruhanga is seeking Shs 24bn to facilitate negotiations between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the settlement of a $10 billion plunder case. In 2005, the United Nation’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Uganda violated the sovereignty of the DRC and is responsible for human rights abuses…
