When Uganda’s Supreme Court hears the final appeal in Kampala International University Limited vs Housing Finance Company Limited (Kenya), it will not only be deciding the fate of a legal contest. It will also be ruling on the financial lifeline of one of Uganda’s most enduring business empires: the Basajjabalaba family fortune. For Hassan Basajjabalaba, the flamboyant tycoon and political heavyweight, this is no longer a matter of law. It is an existential test. At stake is a UGX 80 billion liability, roughly $23 million, whose enforcement could trigger a chain reaction across the billionaire’s education, healthcare, tea export, and…
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Uganda has lost one of its most eminent legal scholars and outspoken guardians of the Constitution. Justice George Wilson Kanyeihamba, a retired Supreme Court Judge, renowned academic, human rights advocate, and constitutional lawyer, passed away on July 14th, 2025. He leaves behind a monumental legacy spanning more than five decades in public service, jurisprudence, and thought leadership. Born on August 11, 1939, in the rolling hills of Kinaba in Kinkizi District, Kanyeihamba was the eleventh and last child of Zakaliya Bafwokworora and Kyenda Malyamu Kyakundwa. His early life was humble, shaped by the rhythms of rural Uganda and anchored in…
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