On July 29, 2020, The Observer newspaper published a story titled: “Racism charges, staff troubles hit the UN-FAO agency in Uganda.” The story was about Kathryn Clark, who was working as a food security and livelihood expert at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Uganda. She was described as someone who “left the Catholic…
The public discourse generated by the recent decision in Downtown Investments Limited Vs Muwema & Co Advocates has caused more controversy than it has settled, especially about the concept of Option to purchase (OTP). The controversy is borne out of the courts’ decision to acknowledge the exercise of the OTP by the firm at plot…
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has asked the leadership of the Uganda Police Force to explain the circumstances under which police officers participated in the eviction of Muwema & Co. Advocates from its Kololo, Kampala offices. The law firm was forcibly evicted from its offices at Plot 50 Windsor Crescent Road last week following a…
Muwema & Co Advocates, a prominent law firm in Kampala, has accused Downtown Investments Ltd of carrying out an illegal eviction from its Kololo offices despite an ongoing appeal in court. The firm is managed by Fred Muwema.. In a press release issued today, the firm said its lawyers and staff were forcefully removed from…
On February 20, Justice Patricia Mutesi of the High Court ruled in favour of Downtown Investments in its rent dispute with prominent law firm Muwema & Co Advocates. The firm was ordered to vacate the property at Plot 50 Windsor Crescent Road in Kololo owned by Downtown Investments and pay Shs 1.3 billion in arrears…
Prominent law firm Muwema & Co. Advocates has said it will appeal a High Court ruling that ordered it to pay more than Shs 1.3 billion ($370,000) in rent arrears to Downtown Investments Limited regarding its premises on Windsor Crescent in Kololo. The judgment, delivered on February 20 by Justice Patricia Mutesi, arose from a…
The High Court has ordered car dealer Yassah Matovu to refund tycoon, Mutaasa Kafeero, Shs 300 million after he supplied him with a Range Rover that did not match the description in the contract. The ruling was delivered at the end of last month. Through his lawyers Muwema and Company Advocates, Kafeero sued Matovu last…
