Legal & Justice

Managing Pressure, Pursuing Precision: A Profile of Meritas Advocates Partner Henry Agaba

Dennis AsiimweLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryJanuary 27, 2026January 27, 2026

When we finally confirmed a date, I arrived at Meritas Advocates’ offices at UEDCL Towers on one of those uncertain December afternoons when time itself seems suspended. The space radiated…

Who is Dr. Flavian Zeija, Uganda’s Newly Appointed Chief Justice?

Paul MurungiLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryJanuary 22, 2026January 22, 2026

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Justice Flavian Zeija as the new Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda, elevating a seasoned jurist, academic and administrator to the country’s highest…

Court Sends Arena Mall Case — in Which Kampala Lawyer Charles Odere Claims UGX 1.44 billion — to Arbitration

Muhereza Kyamutetera and Paul MurungiLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryJanuary 6, 2026January 8, 2026

The Commercial Division of the High Court of Uganda has dismissed a USD 400,000 shareholder loan recovery suit filed by businessman and lawyer Charles Odere, ruling that the matter must…

Meet Bowmans’ Lawyers Advising Diageo in its USD 2.3 Billion Sale of EABL to Japan’s Asahi Group

Muhereza KyamuteteraLaw Firms (A - Z)Legal & JusticeThe Big StoryTop Law FirmsDecember 20, 2025December 20, 2025

When mega-deals happen, the most visible winners are usually the shareholders who are selling. But in transactions of this scale, there is always a second, less visible layer of immediate…

Uganda’s Corporate Finance and Capital Markets Luminary, Miriam Ekirapa Musaali, Passes On

Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryDecember 9, 2025December 9, 2025

Miriam Ekirapa Musaali, a distinguished corporate lawyer, governance expert, and Director of Legal and Board Affairs at the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Uganda, has passed on.   She has reportedly succumbed…

Debt, Deals & Disputes: Inside the High-Stakes Legacy-Altering Legal Battles of Ugandan Billionaires — Bitature, Basajjabalaba and Dei’s Magoola

CEO East Africa MagazineLegal & JusticeNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryNovember 10, 2025November 21, 2025

The past five years have not gone particularly well for Uganda’s billionaire class. Once the undisputed symbols of local enterprise and ambition, several of the country’s most prominent businessmen have…

Court orders businessman Karim Hirji’s Imperial Royale Hotel to Refund UGX 5.05 billion and pay UGX 800 million in damages for breach of CHOGM contract

Paul MurungiLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryNovember 5, 2025November 5, 2025

The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision ordering Imperial Royale Hotel, one of Kampala’s flagship luxury hotels, to refund government $1.46 million (about UGX 5.05 billion) and…

TMCG (Rocket Health) Loses Temporary Injunction to Regain Digital Control from Ex-CEO Dr. Musinguzi Pending Main Case

CEO ReporterLegal & JusticeNews & AnalysisOctober 15, 2025October 22, 2025

Concierge Group Ltd (TMCG)—the company behind Rocket Health—seeking temporary injunctions against its co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Davis Musinguzi Musiimenta. TMCG had asked the court to restrain Dr….

Bank Moves to Auction Former MP Sam Otada’s Properties Over Unpaid Loan

Paul MurungiLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryOctober 7, 2025October 7, 2025

Multiple properties in Kampala, Wakiso, and Lira will be sold unless former Kibanda County MP and proprietor of Otada Bus Services, Sam Amooti Otada, pays his loan obligations to an…

Supreme Court Gives Patrick Bitature Breathing Space in USD 10 Million Loan Vantage Dispute

Paul MurungiLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryOctober 6, 2025October 14, 2025

The Supreme Court has handed businessman Patrick Bitature a much-needed pause in his long and bruising legal fight with South African investment firm Vantage Mezzanine Fund II Partnership. In a…