Hamis Vs DTB

Left-Right: DTB's lawyers, Edwin Karugire (Partner), Usaama Sebuufu (Senior Associate) and Richard Bibangambah (Senior Associate) of K&K Advocates.

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

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 of approximately
LEFT-RIGHT: Phillip Karugaba, Head of ENSafrica Advocates, Uganda; Rachel Musoke, Partner, ENSafrica Advocates, Uganda and Sheila Pacuto, Senior Associate, ENSafrica Advocates, Uganda.

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

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), has set
City businessman, Hamis Kiggundu's case versus DTB Uganda and DTB Kenya is now back to the High Court for retrial- something the businessman has protested against.

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

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 defendant or
City businessman, Hamis Kiggundu's case versus DTB Uganda and DTB Kenya is now back to the High Court for retrial- something the businessman has protested against.

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

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 re-transferred into
Businessman Hamis Kiggundu and his Ham Towers building that is at the centre of a commercial dispute with Diamond Trust Bank.

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

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 he and

 

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