Daily Monitor
Saturday January 23 2021
The National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (left) Friday said he was still pondering on whether to head to the Supreme Court to challenge the outcome of the 2021 presidential election which saw Mr Yoweri Museveni (right) declared winner.
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For now, Mr Kyagulanyi who is currently confined to his home in Magere, Wakiso District by a joint military and Police force, has nine days to file his petition in the Supreme Court.
Another lawyer who has litigated in all levels of courts of judicature and sometimes won and other times lost, Male Mabirizi Kiwanuka said although he agrees that the appointment of judges sometime hinders their capacity to execute their duties without bias, he nevertheless believes that they have the capacity to annul an election.
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Daily Monitor
Wednesday December 30 2020
Businessman Matthew Kanyamunyu arrives for a hearing of his case at the High Court in Kampala in 2017. He is currently serving a five-year jail term in Luzira prison. PHOTO | ABUBAKER LUBOWA.
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Businessman Matthew Kanyamunyu is now serving a five-year jail term in Luzira prison for killing children rights activist Kenneth Akena in 2016 near Lugogo in Kampala.
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The year ending saw rather less activity in the courtrooms compared to previous years due to the long lockdown occasioned by the desire to prevent spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the low activity in the courts, a number of cases dominated the justice system.
Katureebe was appointed for his expertise and extensive experiences in the legal field. I am profoundly excited about this appointment, for it is a high-level committee that will keep me professionally connected, he said, as quoted in a statement by Uganda’s Judiciary.
The expert committee, established in August 2018 to ensure fair and effective corporation, is part of the China International Commercial Court (CICC) which is an organ of China s Supreme Court.
Uganda s Judiciary, in a statement, notes that the committee is comprised of 31 leaders of international organisations, legal experts, scholars, judges and lawyers selected from different countries.
The committee functions include; mediating international disputes, providing expert opinion on applicable foreign laws and international convections when asked and gives advice on future developments of the CICC.