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    Hamis Vs DTB

    Delaying the inevitable⏤ Ham Kiggundu goes to Constitutional Court to challenge Supreme Court ruling

    The CEO Magazine TeamLegal & JusticeNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryJuly 21, 2023July 21, 2023

    In yet another legal gimmick, largely perceived to be a delay tactic, to buy him time, against the inevitable, businessman Hamis Kiggundu (Ham) has applied to the Constitutional Court, seeking…

    Hamis Kiggundu vs DTB and the licensing of foreign lenders in Uganda: Much ado about nothing

    theceomaLegal & JusticeNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryThought LeadershipJune 22, 2023June 22, 2023

    By Phillip Karugaba & Rehema Nakirya Ssemyalo The Supreme Court of Uganda gave its judgment last week in the much-anticipated appeal in Ham Enterprises Ltd, Kiggs International (U) Ltd and…

    Meet the K&K Advocates lawyers at the centre of the strategically important Ham vs. Diamond Trust Bank’s win  

    Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesLegal & JusticeJune 14, 2023July 1, 2023

    Uganda’s Supreme Court on 13th June 2023 dismissed an application in which businessman Hamis Kiggundu and his companies, Ham Enterprises Ltd and Kiggs International Ltd sought to wiggle out repayments…

    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…

    Supreme Court throws out Ham Kiggundu’s delay tactics as final ruling in the make-or-break UGX120 billion case draws near

    Muhereza KyamuteteraLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryDecember 3, 2021May 6, 2022

    The Assistant Registrar to the Supreme Court has dismissed an application by businessman Hamis Kiggundu’s camp, that sought to delay an imminent ruling in the UGX120 billion case that could…

    OPINION: Does a foreign lender to a Ugandan business require a licence from the Bank of Uganda?

    theceomaBanking & Financial ServicesLegal & JusticeThought LeadershipMay 12, 2021May 12, 2021

    By Phillip Karugaba, Rachel Musoke and Sheila Pacuto The Ugandan Court of Appeal, (in Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya)/Diamond Trust Bank (Uganda) vs Ham Enterprises Civil Appeal No, 262 of 2020),…

    OPINION: This is the implication of the May 5th Court of Appeal decision on the regulation of cross-border financial services

    Blaisie PaulsenLegal & JusticeThought LeadershipMay 12, 2021May 12, 2021

    In 2020 the borrower, Ham Enterprises applied to the high court of Uganda for orders among others that the lending by Diamond Trust Bank Kenya (“DTBK”), a Kenyan bank to…

    WHO IS FOOLING WHO? Is Hamis Kiggundu, a patriotic Ugandan or a dishonest borrower hiding behind the law?

    The CEO Magazine TeamBanking & Financial ServicesLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryMay 11, 2021May 11, 2021

    As such, during the entire lifetime of a case- the accuser, also known as the plaintiff, dedicates huge amounts of effort, time and resources to prove their case, while the…

    Hamis Kiggundu secretly and unlawfully tried to transfer bank held properties to himself after controversial court ruling― Judge

    CEO ReporterBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryNovember 3, 2020November 3, 2020

    Embattled city businessman, Hamis Kiggundu (commonly known as Ham) and his lawyers, tried to secretly and illegally have three properties at the centre of a commercial dispute with two banks…

    Pursued by 3 banks over UGX 72 bn in debt, how a desperate Hamis Kiggundu turned to courts to buy more time, but in the process cut the hands that fed him

    CEO ReporterBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryNovember 2, 2020November 2, 2020

    The Hamis Kiggundu vs. Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) case took almost everyone by surprise. Everybody who knows the maverick businessman, the proprietor of Ham Enterprises and Kiggs International, knows that…

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