Category: Dear Mr. President

The president of Uganda has unapparelled powers to end corruption in Uganda by appointing public servants that distaste corruption, that value accountability and good governance and championing strong laws that make corruption difficult.

Dear Mr. President / End Corruption in Uganda

October 20, 2023

What Uganda Electricity Distribution Company (UEDCL) needs to improve after the expiry of the umeme concession.

Uganda Electricity Distribution Company (UEDCL) will presumably take over the distribution of electricity in the territories previously served by Umeme after the expiry of the ill advised and corruptly executed Umeme concession. Umeme staff...

Dear Mr. President

April 7, 2023

Effect of bad translations on the right to a fair hearing in Uganda.

The law requires precision but language is fluid and humans are impressionable

Dear Mr. President

November 15, 2022

Matrimonial property in Uganda. The new legal regime

COURT OF APPEAL REFINES MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF SPOUSES The Court of Appeal presided over by Justices Elizabeth Musoke, Muzamiru Kibeedi and Christopher Gashirabake, JJA, has today made pronouncements with far reaching consequences on...

Dear Mr. President

September 19, 2022

Mirembe Desire deserves Justice but Kirabo Mathew too deserves a fair trial. The DPP did not prove Kirabo’s guilt in Uganda v Kirabo Mathew

In Uganda v Kirabo Mathew HCT-CRIMINAL SESSION CASE NO. 434 OF 2015 Justice Henry Kawesa convicted Kirabo Mathew of the murder of his girlfriend Mirembe Desire. With due respect to the loss by Desire’s...

Dear Mr. President

March 11, 2022

The corrupt in Uganda are wrong because ending corruption in Uganda is an achievable goal.

We can win the fight against corruption in Uganda by changing out strategies and investing more resources in the fight against corruption. The first requirement in order to win the fight against corruption is...

Dear Mr. President

March 1, 2022

Discrimination in Uganda. Discrimination between public officers on contract and those that are pensionable

DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN PENSIONIONABLE AND NONE PENSIONABLE PUBLIC OFFICERSSection 1 of the Equal Opportunities Commission Act, 2007 defines discrimination as any act, omission, policy, law, rule, practice, distinction, condition, situation, exclusion or preference which, directly...

Inspectorate of Government and disadvantages of lacking legal personality

Dear Mr. President

March 1, 2022

Lack of Legal Personality by the Inspectorate of Government due to the erroneous decision of the Supreme Court in Sentiba Gordon & 2 Other v IGG

According to Gray, to be a legal person is to be the subject of rights and duties. To confer legal rights or to impose legal duties, therefore, is to confer legal personality. This definition...

Dear Mr. President

February 28, 2022

Strengthening the separation of power in Uganda. Preventing MPs from serving in the executive will strengthen the Independence of the parliament of Uganda

Separation of powers is a legal principle that divides the state into three branches and assigns each organ of the state different but complementary powers. It dictates the fundamental balances of power between the...

Dear Mr. President

February 28, 2022

The Use of Taxation and Leadership Code Act to Recover Illicitly Acquired Wealth and Combat Corruption in Uganda

USE OF TAXATION AND LEADERSHIP CODE ACT TO RECOVER ILLICITLY ACQUIRED WEALTH AND COMBAT CORRUPTION IN UGANDA By: Isingoma Peter (LLB (Muk) & LLM (Muk, 2021) This is a draft paper and it may...

Dear Mr. President

February 28, 2022

The relationship between Taxation and the Constitution in Uganda and the right to property.

The definition of taxes and the distinction between fees and taxes used herein are obtained from Revenue Statistics of OECD Member Countries (1965-1994) at Pg. 27 to 30. The definitions found therein have been...