UDC loses bid to block court orders on recruitment, to pay costs

Court has dismissed, with costs, an application in which the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) and its Executive Director, Dr Patrick Birungi had sought to halt an order requiring them to fill vacancies at the level of managers of departments. The 2020 court order directed Dr Birungi to also promote and externally hire without the involvement of and the approvals from the executive committee of UDC and adherence to human resource manual which is illegal. High Court judge Musa Ssekaana ruled that an order passed by a competent court should be allowed to be executed unless a strong case is made…