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High Court

FIA Executive Director Samuel Were Wandera and Justice Bonny Isaac Teko stand at the center of Uganda’s evolving anti-money laundering landscape, where assertive enforcement meets judicial insistence on due process, highlighting a system striving to balance swift intervention with evidence, oversight, and timely, lawful case resolution across institutions and sectors.
FIA Executive Director Samuel Were Wandera and Justice Bonny Isaac Teko stand at the center of Uganda’s evolving anti-money laundering landscape, where assertive enforcement meets judicial insistence on due process, highlighting a system striving to balance swift intervention with evidence, oversight, and timely, lawful case resolution across institutions and sectors.

79% of Cases Unfinished: Inside the Financial Intelligence Authority’s Fragile Fight Against Money Laundering

Justice Bonny Isaac Teko’s ruling in BMS General Trading vs Financial Intelligence Authority and Attorney General (Misc. Cause No. 0025 of 2026) may, at first glance, appear to be a routine dispute,
April 18, 2026
Embattled URBRA board chairman, Hon. Julius Bigirwa Junjura( Left), Board member, Hon. David Mutebi (middle) and State minister for General duties, Hon. Henry Musasizi( right) during the inauguration of the new URBRA board in November, 2022. In April,2025, the Court of Appeal dismissed an application by four URBRA board members to halt a High Court order, seeking to have them replaced because of lack of requisite competencies to hold their positions.

Auditor General Questions URBRA Board’s Capacity to Run Retirement Benefits Sector

Behind the gleaming figures of a clean financial audit and commendable regulatory performance, the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) is grappling with internal cracks. URBRA regulates a sensitive sector of the
June 16, 2025
This 20MW solar power plant in Kabulasoke, Gomba District in Central Uganda is subject to a commercial dispute between Great Lakes Energy Company NV (Great Lakes), a Dutch-registered company, that invested more than USD20 million in Ms Xsabo Power Limited, the plant developer. Dr. David Alobo (inset) the Xsabo Founder & CEO/Managing Director was found by the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) to have fraudulently taken away Great Lakes shares in Ms Xsabo Power Limited and misappropriated company funds. Despite the LCIA findings and orders Great Lakes Energy Company NV is yet to get the local courts to enforce the arbitral awards.

Recent big-ticket commercial disputes ⏤ does Uganda risk losing its investment destination mojo?

East Africa is the fastest-growing economic region on the continent. In 2022, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania attracted over USD13.3 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI). This is according to the latest
March 18, 2024
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