President Museveni will tomorrow Wednesday, May 12, 2021, swear in for a new five-year term. This is after the Supreme Court confirmed his victory upon allowing the main contender, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine during the January 14 polls to withdraw his petition. Kyagulanyi withdrew his petition after Museveni’s lawyers and those who represented the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Attorney General filed responses in defense of Museveni’s victory. In the same vein, judges dismissed four of the applications filed by Kyagulanyi’s lawyers which also favoured Museveni. The CEO East Africa Magazine brings you who is who among those who…
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By Celia Becker and Phillip Karugaba The recent ruling of the Tax Appeals Tribunal (“TAT”) in the case of Century Bottling Company v Uganda Revenue Authority (“URA”), has brought the discretion of the Commissioner-General of the URA sharply in focus. It is absolutely necessary and indeed important that in the exercise of their functions, public authorities exercise discretion. It is equally important that such discretion is properly exercised taking into account only the relevant considerations and for the proper reasons. The citizen has recourse to court to check the excesses of executive discretion. A public official is therefore not like the cultural…
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Law firm, Kyagaba & Otatiina Advocates (KOA) is barely one year old, but it is already making market-shaking moves in Uganda legal services industry. A brainchild of 5 lawyers- David Mpanga, Dennis Otatiina, Isaac Kyagaba, John Musiime and Pearl Nyakabwa; all of them, ex-Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA), the law firm came into life mid-2019. In between the five lawyers, lies over 50 years of combined banking and finance; construction; corporate; energy; litigation & dispute resolution; intellectual property; labour and employment law; restructuring and securitization and tax experience. Within months of hitting the streets, in November 2019, KOA partnered with Dentons,…
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Doris Akol, the former Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner-General has joined international law firm, Dentons Uganda office as a Partner, CEO East Africa can exclusively reveal. A source has confirmed to CEO East Africa that details of her joining the law firm are being finalized and shall be announced anytime soon. With over 15,000 lawyers, Dentons is the largest law firm in the world. Dentons was the first international law firm in Africa with the establishment of Dentons Cairo in 1964. The firm has over 200 lawyers in 13 locations across Africa, including Uganda. In Uganda, Dentons is registered as Kyagaba…
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had and continues to have a negative impact on the economies of most countries resulting in severe consequences that have impacted almost all industries on a global basis. The Ugandan market is no exception to this considering the recent spike in the number of recorded coronavirus case in Uganda over the past weeks. This article seeks to assess the impact of this pandemic from the Ugandan legal perspective on businesses in general with specific focus on the construction industry. This serves to give practical guidance to the Ugandan Construction industry players on likely challenges that might arise…
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The Baganda people of Central Uganda have a saying that” Akezimbira, tekaba kato, to mean, one with property/home is a child no more. With just a few months to clock 19 years old since they were first incorporated in Uganda, this week, K&K Advocates (formerly Kiwanuka & Karugire Advocates) one of Uganda’s leading full-service law firm came of age, re-entering their purpose-built upmarket chambers on Plot 5A2, Acacia Home. Just about a year ago, the law firm demolished its former offices and in its place have erected a befitting office structure. “Change of Locations brings new beginnings and new…
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By Emily Gakiza and Timothy J. Mutungi COVID-19’s potential economic danger is much stronger than its health risk to the public. China is the world’s largest exporter and is responsible for a third of global manufacturing, so China’s problem is everyone’s problem. Is COVID-19 a force majeure event? Companies may be considering whether the COVID-19 outbreak constitutes a force majeure event such that a party is excused from its contractual obligations. Most standard commercial contracts usually include force majeure clauses that cater for events such as war, terrorism, earthquakes, hurricanes, acts of government, plagues or epidemics. Where the term epidemic,…
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