The Industrial Court has ordered Uganda Airlines to pay its former Chief Executive Officer, Cornwell Muleya, more than UGX455 million following a ruling that found his dismissal illegal. In a detailed judgment delivered on October 24, 2025, by Justice Anthony Wabwire Musana, court held that Muleya’s suspension and eventual termination violated the Employment Act. Additionally, it contravened Uganda Airlines’ Human Resource Manual, particularly for failing to accord him a fair hearing before dismissal The award comes after a long legal battle that began when Muleya challenged his 2022 dismissal, arguing that he had been unfairly removed without due process. Court…
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Uganda Parliament Speaker, Anita Among has today received the Auditor General’s report on Umeme which recommends a USD 118 (UGX 433 billion) Buyout amount for the unrecovered investments. Speaker Among…
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 USD11 million to two banks, claiming the lending was done without license. In the much-anticipated ruling, a Coram of 5 judges⏤Owiny-Dollo CJ; Mwondha JSC; Tuhaise JSC; Chibita JSC; Musota JSC) emphasised that the syndicated lending between Diamond Trust Bank Uganda (DTB-U) and Diamond Trust Bank Kenya (DTB-K)is legitimate and enforceable. It also ruled that foreign lenders who do not mobilise deposits domestically are not bound by the Financial…
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Under the new National Social Security Fund (Amendment) Act 2022, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was put under the dual supervision of the ministries of Gender, Labour and Social Development on one hand and Finance, Planning and Economic Development on the other. The former would take the lead on supervising the social security component of the Fund while the latter, would supervise matters of finance and investments. This reversed years of management by the finance ministry, under whose regime the Fund has seen a scandal-free rapid growth, compared to the pre-2010 scandals, when the fund was under the gender…
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Parliament’s Committee on National Economy proposed in a report to cap the minimum amount for external borrowing to under US$20 million to minimise costs related to contracting loans and maximising the benefits. The report was presented by the committee vice chairperson, Robert Migadde, during a plenary sitting held on Tuesday, 23 August 2022. “The committee further recommends that government should, in future develop mechanisms of internally financing small scale projects so as to avert future pressures of debt,” read the committee report. Migadde told the House that the overall performance of the Karamoja Infrastructure Development Phase II (KIDPII) is at…
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The High Court in Kampala has quashed Parliament’s Sub-Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) report sighting illegalities while conducting investigations on properties under the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB). Mohammed Allibhai, the applicant had dragged the Attorney General to court seeking court to review the acts of the COSASE subcommittee in investigating properties already handled by the court and other processes, confirming rightful ownership. Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka had already distanced himself from the committee’s report recommending the cancellation of repossession certificates held by owners of the properties, stating that it could result in lawsuits. In…
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The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU) has in custody the Executive Secretary of the Departed Asian Property Custodian Board (DAPCB) George William Bizibu on allegations of falsely obtaining money from different people claiming to allocate them properties. Bizibu was arrested together with his accountant. “It is alleged that the duo are fond of defrauding people by issuing false allocation letters and reciepts after extorting huge sums of money,” SH-ACU tweeted. “@AntiGraft_SH in liaison with @PoliceUg have arrested both the Executive Secretary & the Accountant of the departed Asian property custodian board for falsely obtaining money from various persons while purporting…
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March 11, 2022 The Hon Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Dear Colleague, RE: THE DEPARTED ASIANS EXPROPRIATE ASSETS As a result of the debate that has taken place in the recent past, both within Government and among others, regarding the manner in which the captioned assets have been managed by the Custodian Board, and considering the numerous cases filed against Government in relation to the same matter, I have been Directed by H.E to render this Opinion to the Government. As you are aware, in August 2016, the Auditor General in Exercise of his Statutory Mandate, conducted two…
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On 27th November 2021, the New Vision wrote a story on the hire of rental space by Parliament in Kingdom Kampala titled “Parliament on the spot over sh1.3b Sudhir contract”. In that story we are told that the Parliamentary Commission issued a standard bidding document for the hire of 9,030 square metres of office space for two years to Kingdom Kampala Limited, requiring it to, among others, give at least 300 car parking slots on a complimentary basis. However, Kingdom Kampala Limited offered 300 parking slots on a chargeable basis at UGX 54,900,000 per month, totalling UGX 1,317,600,000 for the…
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#1: Kiryowa Kiwanuka- Incumbent Kiryowa Kiwanuka, the new Attorney General. PHOTO/Courtesy Kiryowa is one of Uganda’s finest lawyers, who has been severally highly rated by both the IFLR1000 and Chambers and Partners two of the world’s renowned legal rating agencies.He is rated for proficiency in especially energy law, banking and finance, and mergers and acquisitions amongst many commercial law practices.He is one of the founding partners of K&K Advocates (formerly Kiryowa & Karugire Advocates) in October 2001. The law firm itself has also been severally rated highly by the Chambers and Partners, as well as IFLR1000 and Legal 500. A…
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