Muwema & Co Advocates

Ugandan Court Rejects Towerco Bid to Shift Dispute to UK, Citing Fraud Allegations and Public Policy

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryOctober 24, 2025October 23, 2025

In a ruling that reinforces Ugandan courts’ discretion to retain jurisdiction over disputes relating to alleged illegality, Justice Patience Rubagumya of the Commercial Division of the High Court declined to…

LEGAL OPINION: Without a substantive Bank of Uganda Governor, both the Bank of Uganda Board and Deputy Governor are functioning illegally 

Fred MuwemaGovernment AgenciesThe Big StoryThought LeadershipMarch 22, 2023March 22, 2023

Bank of Uganda has previously claimed that the death last year of the former Governor, Prof. Mutebile, did not affect the validity or legal status of the bank notes he…

Why former Uganda Airlines CEO Cornwell Muleya was detained

CEO East Africa MagazineNews & AnalysisJune 22, 2022June 22, 2022

Cornwell Muleya, the former Chief Executive Officer at Uganda Airlines was yesterday arrested for defying summons of the Inspectorate of Government (IGG), sources within Police say. Munira Ali, the IGG…

Patrick Bitature Speaks Out, Reassures Stakeholders: “Legal and commercial issues have arisen in our financing, but will be firmly resolved.”

The CEO Magazine TeamCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMay 23, 2022May 23, 2022

Businessman, Patrick Bitature, the CEO and Founder of the Simba Group of Companies, has spoken out about the ongoing commercial dispute between some of the Group Companies and a South…

Simba Properties speaks out; vows to challenge illegal move by S.African mezzanine fund to take over its properties

Muhereza KyamuteteraCommercial JusticeIndustry & AnalysisNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMay 18, 2022May 20, 2022

Simba Properties Investment Co. Ltd has broken silence over a public auction advert that appeared in the Daily Monitor today, purporting to put up its properties for sale, dismissing the…

Is South African Mezzanine Fund, trying to takeover Bitature’s property illegally? What we know so far from court.

The CEO Magazine TeamIndustry & AnalysisThe Big StoryMay 18, 2022May 18, 2022

This morning, a copy of an advert in one of the newspapers, made and is making several rounds on various social media channels, especially WhatsApp. The advert, by Quickway Auctioneers…