Legal & Justice

Supreme Court hammers Ham in multi-billion dispute with Diamond Trust Bank

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryJune 14, 2023June 14, 2023

Uganda’s Supreme Court, Uganda’s highest court has dismissed attempts by businessman Hamis Kiggundu to run away from his debt obligations with Diamond Trust Bank Uganda (DTB-U) and Diamond Trust Bank…

Tax Appeals Tribunal sets aside UGX4.6 bn tax bill against Kansai Plascon 

Jeff WintersLegal & JusticeNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023

The Tax Appeals Tribunal, sitting in Kampala has set aside a UGX4.6 billion import duty assessment against paint makers, Kansai Plascon Uganda. The company dragged the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)…

OPINION: As AfCFTA Rules Of Origin edge closer to finalisation; prudent implementation could unlock the trade pact’s full potential

Mable KisakaLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryThought LeadershipWomen In LeadershipMarch 27, 2023March 27, 2023

It has been reported that the Rules of Origin (the “RO”), set forth in Annex 2 of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (the “AfCFTA” and “Treaty,” respectively) and…

Public Procurement Appeals Tribunal cancels Uganda Airlines’s USD29.3 million fuel and inflight support tender  

Muhereza KyamuteteraLegal & JusticeNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 10, 2023March 10, 2023

The Public Procurement And Disposal Of Public Assets Tribunal has cancelled the procurement process by the Uganda National Airlines Company (Uganda Airlines) for the supply of aviation fuel and inflight…

Rubis Energy Uganda wins a USD17.3 mn deal to supply heavy fuel oil to UEGCL’s Namanve thermal power plant

CEO ReporterCompany NewsLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryMarch 3, 2023March 3, 2023

Rubis Energy Uganda Limited has won a USD17,296,320.5 tender to supply Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) for the Namanve Thermal Power Plant. The plant is run by Uganda Electricity Generation Company…

Tugende wins UGX504 million tax appeal against URA

CEO ReporterCompany NewsLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryFebruary 3, 2023February 3, 2023

The Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) has disallowed a UGX 504,098,312 tax bill by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on asset-financing firm Tugende Limited, saying the tax authority wrongly assessed the tax….

Oscar Kihika and  Ebert Byenkya- the high school bosom friendship that blossomed into one of Uganda’s highly regarded corporate and commercial law firms 

Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesLegal & JusticeLists & RankingsThe Big StoryFebruary 2, 2023February 2, 2023

On January 26th 2023 Hon Justice Oscar John Kihika, took an oath as a  Justice of the Court of Appeal/Constitutional Court.  Mr. Kihika, a distinguished commercial lawyer and certainly one…

Court dismisses Bank of Uganda application to avoid accountability to shareholders of the defunct Greenland Bank 

CEO ReporterLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryJanuary 25, 2023January 25, 2023

The Commercial Court’s Hon Justice Stephen Mubiru has dismissed an application by the Bank of Uganda to drop a case brought against it by 31 shareholders of the defunct Greenland…

UGANDANS EXCELLING ABROAD: These 4 Ugandan lawyers are raising the bar high at Kuwait’s leading corporate and commercial law firm

Muhereza KyamuteteraLegal & JusticeLists & RankingsThe Big StoryNovember 26, 2022January 16, 2023

CEO East Africa Magazine recently came across four corporate and commercial lawyers, working in Kuwait. And they are not just lawyers, three of them are Partners, and the other is…

Birungyi, Barata & Associates elevates four lawyers to partner status

CEO ReporterLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryNovember 26, 2022November 26, 2022

Tax law firm, Birungyi, Barata & Associates (BBA) has announced that it has elevated four of its Associate Partners, to Partner level. The four are Dorothy Bishagenda, Martin Mbanza Kalemera,…