Legal & Justice Archives – Page 22 of 22

UNRA ordered to go for mediation in a $321,879 dispute with contractor

Henry Wicliff BusoboziLegal & Justice The Big StoryFebruary 5, 2018February 5, 2018

Uganda National Roads Authority could do with the glib tongue of a hostage negotiator and the slippery body of fish to get away with paying $321,879 (about Shs1 billion) to…

Why insurance policy is only prohibitive until fire guts your property

Pamela NtaleLegal & Justice The Big StoryFebruary 5, 2018

The distress Isaac Kabogoza went through after his two-room house in Kisenyi, a Kampala suburb, was razed down in 2010 is still fresh. Kabogoza, a businessman at Owino market, recalls…

Audit report says NIRA officials misappropriated Shs23 billion

Forbes KaluleCompany News Legal & JusticeFebruary 2, 2018February 4, 2018

Officials at the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) misappropriated Shs23 billion, an internal audit by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has said. The revelations are captured in…

Barclays, Shumuk fight to overturn multi-billion Emerald Hotel court suit loss

Trevor Ian SsenyonjoCompany News Legal & Justice The Big StoryFebruary 1, 2018February 1, 2018

A Shs3.6 billion loan recovery-gone-bad will set Barclays Bank back by further billions of shillings unless the appeals court overturns aHigh Court order that awaits execution. Before the appeals court,…

Nile Breweries denies Chibuku is beer after URA slaps Shs2bn tax arrears on drink

Trevor Ian SsenyonjoCompany News Legal & Justice The Big StoryJanuary 31, 2018January 31, 2018

Is Chibuku a beer or local brew? To Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), there cannot be any other explanation for the drink not being a beer. The manufacturers must pay excise…

Court orders Mwenda to pay ex-VP Kazibwe Shs200 million for defamation

Forbes KaluleLegal & JusticeJanuary 30, 2018February 3, 2018

Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe prayed for Shs600 million. Judge Stephen Musota awarded her Shs200 million. Andrew Mwenda will pay. And the Independent magazine must delete all ‘libelous’ articles about Dr…

Evidence: Singer Chameleone sued over Shs50 million fraud

Forbes KaluleLegal & Justice The Big Story The Executive TravelerJanuary 25, 2018January 25, 2018

Singer Joseph Mayanja’s current headache isn’t just the ‘arrogance’ of fellow artiste Bebe Cool whose lists of chart-topping musicians has left him angry. There is a much bigger and costly…

Church of Uganda sued over Shs3.6 billion

Forbes KaluleLegal & JusticeJanuary 24, 2018January 25, 2018

The church is not above reproach. And it must be dragged by the dog collar before the modern Pontius Pilate if there were legal issues involved. At least that is…

KCCA runs to appeals court to stop UMA show grounds parking from being taken over

Joel Roy MucunguziLegal & JusticeJanuary 24, 2018January 25, 2018

Authorities at City Hall have run to the Court of Appeal in a last ditch attempt to stop a businessman from taking over a piece of land previous used as…

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Editorial Clarification and Apology: Prism Construction and the Emin Pasha Hotel Dispute

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