The Supreme Court has ordered Samuel Mukasa, the founder of Biyinzika Enterprises, to refund his foreign business partners more than Shs 130 million after a failed poultry farming land deal. Mukasa and his wife Milly Mukasa established Biyinzika Enterprises Limited, now Biyinzika Poultry International Limited, as a poultry breeder farm in 1990. In a landmark…
A long-running legal battle between Amos Murisa and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has taken a dramatic turn after the Supreme Court ruled that a missing signature on a judgment by Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo means the case has to be retried. At that time, Owiny-Dollo, then a deputy chief justice, was one of the judges who…
Apolo Senkeeto, one of the architects of the Katosi road scam that cost taxpayers billions of shillings, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court, with the court arguing that his continued incarceration poses a real risk to his life. In a ruling delivered by Justice Mike Chibita stressed that while Senkeeto was not automatically…
The Supreme Court has ordered Vivo Energy to pay Thalion International Limited Shs 8.5 billion in profits following a decades-long dispute over a property on Plot 49 Benedicto Kiwanuka Street. The case originated from a 1972 agreement between Hasanali Nathu Limited (HNL) and Shell and BP Uganda Ltd, predecessors to Thalion and Vivo Energy respectively….
Justice Prof. George Wilson Kanyeihamba, one of Uganda’s most distinguished legal minds passed away this morning at Nakasero Hospital where he had been admitted for some time. The cause of his death is not yet clear but he had been unwell over the last five years. He was 85 years of age. His passing has…
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Muhammad Kamoga, a property dealer, to stay his criminal prosecution for alleged forgery of land transfer forms, allowing the case to proceed in the Entebbe Chief Magistrate’s Court. The decision, delivered by Justice Monica K. Mugenyi, rejected claims that the prosecution would prejudice Kamoga’s pending civil suit…
The Supreme Court has issued a temporary injunction stopping I&M Bank from recovering Shs 10. 3 billion from businessman Haruna Sentongo for defaulting on his debt. The injunction will last four months until Sentongo’s appeal against the bank concludes. Last month, the Court of Appeal dismissed an application by Sentongo to stop the bank from…
One of the key moments lost in the excitement of the historic ruling by the Supreme Court on Friday was the reunion of two legal minds—Caleb Alaka and Erias Lukwago, who started out in the legal profession together. The two, who had once formed a formidable legal partnership before parting ways in 2005 due to…
President Museveni has criticized the decision by the Supreme Court barring the trial of civilians in the army courts saying it is a wrong one. In a terse statement posted on his X handle, the president insisted that trying civilians in the court martial is aimed at defending people against criminals armed with guns. The…
The Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal lodged by the government over the trial of civilians in the General Court Martial (GCM). The government had challenged a Constitutional Court ruling that upheld that it was “unconstitutional” for civilians to be tried in the army courts. Michael Kabaziguruka, the former Nakawa MP had petitioned the Constitutional…
