Tagged: Rule of Law in Uganda
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...
According to the Independent Magazine, High Court Judges in Uganda are scared of granting bail to Mohammed Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana. The independent reports that the judges are scared of being picked up, held...
Yes affirmative action is permitted under Article 32 of Constitution of Uganda, but it doesn’t mean that every scheme or policy that Parliament dreams up in the name of affirmative action is constitutionally permitted....
In Kassim Mpanga v Uganda Cr App 30 of 1994 the Supreme Court at page 17 defined loss as ‘something that reasonable search cannot recover. Something lost for good and not recoverable’. Whereas the requirement of a reasonable...
(C) 2021 Isingoma Peter (PGD LP, LLM (MUK) Customary law is the written and unwritten rules which have developed from the customs and traditions of communities in Uganda. It refers to unwritten rules of...
Article 45 of the Constitution provides that the rights expressly enumerated by the Constitution do not exclude other rights not expressly provided for. This provision reserves other rights and powers not expressly provided for...
In Madrama v Attorney General, Constitutional Appeal 1 of 2016, the Supreme Court accepted that different treatment between women who leave public service and men who do the same before attaining forty five years...
The intergrity of the criminal justice system is very important to the rule of law. Law abiding citizens need to have confidence in the effectiveness of the criminal justice system to preserve the rule...