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Exposed: The glaring gaps in Crane Bank sale as top-secret contract surfaces

The CEO Magazine TeamCompany News Legal & Justice The Big StoryMarch 14, 2018

Did BoU deliberately over-estimate Crane Bank’s problems, choke it of any help and finally under-value its assets so as to hurriedly sell it off, for a fraction of its worth,…

UBC wants appeals court to stop Besigye from claiming Shs80 million

Forbes KaluleCompany News Legal & Justice The Big StoryMarch 13, 2018

Last month, Justice Margaret Oguli-Oumo ruled that Besigye was not accorded the air time he had paid for on UBC platforms yet they had received UGX21 million from him for the…

Third time is not the charm: Court again trashes Heritage Oil case against URA

Trevor Ian SsenyonjoLegal & Justice The Big StoryMarch 12, 2018March 12, 2018

Not once or twice but thrice. Heritage Oil just keeps losing to URA. First it was on the legality of paying capital gains from sale of shares in Uganda. Heritage…

I never signed any agreement with S. African promoter, Chameleone tells court

Forbes KaluleLegal & Justice The Executive TravelerMarch 6, 2018March 6, 2018

Before the High Court in Kampala, South African-based Zaina Namuwonge, who also trades as Sezana Promotions, claims that, in 2015, she made a Shs25 million down payment to Chameleone after…

Court orders have impinged recovery of Shs550bn in taxes in two years — URA

Forbes KaluleCompany News Legal & Justice The Big StoryMarch 6, 2018March 6, 2018

Since January 2016 to-date, URA has been served with several interim orders that have halted the collection of over UGX550.2 billion, adding that the institution’s bank accounts have been attached,…

Judiciary on trial as IGG reveals how High Court judge diverted driver, bodyguard allowances

Forbes KaluleLegal & Justice The Big StoryFebruary 27, 2018February 27, 2018

It all started on March 13, 2017, when Justice Kabanda’s driver Akantorana Matiya and bodyguard Jimmy Eyou lodged written complaint to the IGG, accusing their boss of subjecting them to…

UBC discrimination against Besigye costs taxpayers Shs80 million

Forbes KaluleLegal & Justice The Big StoryFebruary 27, 2018February 27, 2018

In civil suit number 113 of 2012, Lady Justice Margaret Oguli Oumo, of the Civil Division of the High Court, found UBC to have erred in its treatment of Dr…

Sudhir vs Dfcu rent case: Is Dfcu a rent defaulter or simply negligent?

The CEO Magazine TeamCompany News Legal & Justice The Big StoryFebruary 26, 2018February 26, 2018

In a third case, Crane Management Services, another Ruparelia Group real estate company has yet again sued Dfcu Bank for severally breaching rental agreements; refusing or failing to pay rental…

Hunter hunted: Sudhir slaps Shs32 billion contract breach suit on Dfcu

CEO ReporterCompany News Legal & Justice The Big StoryFebruary 22, 2018February 22, 2018

In what promises to be a long multi-billion legal battle pitting billionaire Sudhir Ruparelia largely against Bank of Uganda, his former bank Crane Bank (in receivership) and Dfcu Bank, who…

Inside Dfcu-Crane Bank takeover: Will Sudhir have the last laugh?

The CEO Magazine TeamCompany News Legal & Justice The Big StoryFebruary 21, 2018February 21, 2018

The Central Bank had statutory powers to take over Crane Bank, its assets and liabilities, but did it stretch this a little too far when it decided to claim 42…

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