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Constitutional Court

5 Justices of Appeal/Constitutional Court Irene Mulyagonja, Egonda-Ntende, Elizabeth Musoke, Muzamiru Kibeedi and Cheborion Barishaki anonymously ruled that allowing BoU to indiscriminately freeze bank accounts while shielding it from being sued for doing so was unconstitutional and ordered the Attorney General to harmonise all laws to give only courts powers to freeze accounts.

Constitutional Court bars Bank of Uganda from indiscriminate freezing of customer bank accounts without a court order

The Constitutional Court has outlawed Section 118 and 124 of the Financial Institutions Act (2004) which previously gave the Bank of Uganda uncontrolled and unaccountable powers to freeze bank accounts held in
September 15, 2021
LEFT-RIGHT: Justices Kenneth Kakuru, Egonda-Ntende and Ezekiel Muhanguzi said the TAT Act requirement to pay 30% of a tax under objection before getting access to justice was inconsistent with Section 44 of the Constitution that guarantees access to justice as a non-derogable right.

Big win for taxpayers as Constitutional Court restricts requirement to pay 30% of tax under dispute before challenging URA in court

The Constitutional Court has restricted the application of Section 15 of the Tax Appeals Tribunal Act, limiting its application to only cases where the tax dispute is about the amount of tax
July 25, 2020
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Lt Col Edith Nakalema the head of the Statehouse Anti-Corruption Unit and the IGG, Mrs Irene Mulyagonja, attending the 9th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa at Lake Victoria Serena, Kigo. At the event, hosted by the IGG, the president, told Mulyagonja’s guests that due to persistent failures by the IGG’s office, he had been forced to appoint, Nakalema to oversee the IGG- an embarrassment by all means.

Why would Mulyagonja leave an UGX37m IGG job to take an UGX20m judiciary position?

When the hunter is hunted, then the hunting game is over-so they say; but it also appears, for the Inspectorate of Government, when an inspector is appointed to inspect the inspectorate, then
May 13, 2019
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