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By Gad Masereka Two people have died in a deadly accident earlier today on the Jinja-Kampala Highway in Kitigoma village, Buikwe District. The accident involved two motor...
By Gad Masereka A man has been arrested by Ugandan security after making an Improvised Explosive Device(IED) that later “accidentally” exploded injuring him in Kampala. Collins...
After allegedly failing to properly care for a dead body, the administrators of a mortuary at Kawempe National Referral Hospital in Kampala are likely to face...
By Mukidi Hannington Kikuube: Three victims of a machete attack by a group at a disco celebrating an introduction ceremony have been sent to Hoima Regional...
By Gad Masereka The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, has received plaudits from the leader of the opposition, Mathias Mpuuga, for effectively steering the...
By Gad Masereka In the Serbian capital of Belgrade, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Sunday officially launched the Uganda Connect Trade Hub. Through the hub, Uganda...
By Gad Masereka Crane Bank’s appeal has been approved by the court in a judgement handed down on July 26, 2023 by Sir Julian Flaux, Chancellor...
By Owen B Alton Bundibugyo: Heavy windstorms have wreaked havoc in Sindila Sub County, Bundibugyo district, causing extensive damage to the Kakuka Hill Secondary government-aided school...
Police are looking into Kawempe National Referral Hospital after a couple questioned the circumstances surrounding the death of their newborn, whose face was allegedly “eaten” by...
Businessman Hamis Kiggundu alias Ham has petitioned the Constitutional Court to reverse the Supreme Court’s decision in the multibillion dollar case against Diamond Trust Bank, claiming that it was flawed and illegal under the law. On June 13th, 2023, the Supreme Court, Uganda’s highest court, ordered that Civil Suit No. 43 of 2020 be remitted to the High Court for retrial before another judge, and upheld the legitimacy and enforceability of syndicated loan contracts, among other things. In accordance with Constitutional Petition No. 18 of 2023, dated July 7, 2023, Ham and his two corporations, Ham Enterprises Ltd. and Kiggs International (U) Ltd., are now requesting that the Constitutional Court order the Supreme Court to retry Supreme Court Civil Appeal (SCCA) No. 13/2021 as well as two other related applications. According to Ham’s lawyer, Fred Muwema of Muwema and Co. Advocates, the Supreme Court decision was arbitrary and “in complete violation of the Uganda code of judicial conduct and the Petitioners’ inviolable rights to be heard.” He claims he was subjected to “an infringement of his constitutional right to a fair hearing” as a result of this. Ham also questions how the Judgement was dated and signed by the Chief Justice on June 6, 2023, but later signed by other panel justices on June 13, 2023, and delivered on the same date, despite the Chief Justice stating that other Coram members were in full agreement with it 7 days before their actual signing; and referred the case to the High Court for retrial under a new Judge after not hearing two pending applications and dismissing the substantial issue of illegality. As a result, he requests that the Constitutional Court order the Supreme Court to “expunge the proceedings and judgement in CivilAppeal No. 13/2021 from the public records of Uganda” and retry the full Supreme Court Civil Appeal (SCCA) No. 13/2021. Facts and the case’s history Ham through his companies obtained a loan from DTB-U...