The High Court International Crimes Division has ruled that ex Lord’s Resistance Army – LRA commander Thomas Kwoyelo, also known as Latoni, has a case to answer in 78 out of 93 charges. The prosecution has successfully secured this ruling. Loss of the 14 counts is attributed to death, relocation, loss of memory, and advanced…
The hopes of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC Katonga faction led by the Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago to block the delegates’ conference organized by the Najjanankumbi group led by Patrick Amuriat Oboi and Nathan Nandala Mafabi may have suffered a set back. It has emerged that one of the FDC vice chairpersons also signed a…
The High Court has awarded Hajara Nakitto sh50 million for the loss of her 15-year-old son during the November 2020 city riots. In a ruling delivered on Friday, Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana declared the death as unlawful and an arbitrary deprivation of the right to life, holding the government accountable for its actions. The…
City socialite Sheila Nadege, commonly known as Don Zella, has been ordered by the High Court in Kampala to pay USh20 million as security for costs in her lawsuit against Speke Hotel 1996 Limited, trading as Speke Apartments which is owned by real estate tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia under Meera Investments Ltd. Don Zella had sued the…
In the Supreme Court ruling delivered by Hon. Chief Justice Prof. Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza JSC (as a single judge), on 1st July 2022, re-emphasized that once a company is placed under receivership, it doesn’t lose its legal existence-another loss for Bank of Uganda (BoU). This ruling came out of a failure by the two parties in this…
The High Court in Kampala has summoned Kampala Central Member of Parliament, Muhammad Nsereko to appear and be cross-examined in a 2021 election petition filed by NUP’s Fred Nyanzi. Nsereko is the only witness mentioned in his response to Nyanzi’s petition which was bounced back for retrial by the Court of Appeal. The same court,…
Former Spenah Beach ‘errant’ tenant John Asiimwe must be going through horror dreams after all his hopes have been dust binned by the rule of law! Earlier this week, Asiimwe ran to court seeking for an Interim Order Injunction restraining his landlord, his agents, representatives, or appointees from evicting him, an application that was yesterday…
Lawyers of Dr Kizza Besigye, his sister and Observer Media Limited have demanded more than Shs240m from the former Crime Intelligence Director, Col Ndahura Atwooki, after they won a defamation case. In 2012, Col Atwooki sued Ms Olive Kobusingye, Dr Besigye’s sister, in the High Court for defaming him in her 213-page book: The Correct…
The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has committed 19 people to the High Court to face trial for terrorism. They were committed on Wednesday by Grade One Magistrate Asuman Muhumuza after the prosecution led by Patricia Cingtho informed the court that the investigations into six charges against them are complete. The suspects are mobile money operators…
The head of the High Court Commercial Division Justice Stephen Mubiru literally threw under the bus a bank client one Aida Atiku when he absolved Centenary Bank of any liability of fraud occasioned to Ms. Atiku’s account. On July 18th 2022 making a ruling in a case in which Aida Atiku had sued Centenary Bank…
