Joel Peter Namugera

WHEN DOES A COURT REVIEW A JUDGEMENT?

When a judgment is entered by court, there are different avenues a party aggrieved by the judgment may take to have a chance of the judgment being entered in a different way. There’s a general rule that the court after passing judgment becomes functus officio and cannot revisit the judgment or purport to exercise aContinue reading “WHEN DOES A COURT REVIEW A JUDGEMENT?”

SERVICE OF SUMMONS IN UGANDA: THE DEVELOPMENT

When a suit is instituted, the process of getting the either party aware about this suit is the objective of a summons and this summons-to-file a defense must be served to that party or parties. As required under Section 20 of the Civil Procedure Act, when a suit has been instituted then service has toContinue reading “SERVICE OF SUMMONS IN UGANDA: THE DEVELOPMENT”

THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN UGANDA: IS IT LIMITED!

Uganda is a democratic country because it has a Constitution which is the supreme law in the country, three arms of government i.e. the Executive, Parliament and Judiciary which all execute their duties “without interference.” Looking into the human rights of course of the people in Uganda all provided for under the Constitution with theContinue reading “THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN UGANDA: IS IT LIMITED!”

SILVER KAYONDO: HOW STUDYING ABROAD PAYS A HUGE DIVIDEND THAT KEEPS COMPOUNDING

Like he usually does, Senior lawyer Silver Kayondo has continued giving advice that is supposed to be helpful to young lawyers, fresh law school graduates and also law students. Many lawyers are advised to upgrade to at least a Master of Laws and many choose to do so from universities abroad. Why do they ignoreContinue reading “SILVER KAYONDO: HOW STUDYING ABROAD PAYS A HUGE DIVIDEND THAT KEEPS COMPOUNDING”

WHO IS TO BE BLAMED FOR THE KAMPALA KILLINGS?

Of recent, the BBC Africa eye released its report on an investigation conducted where a number of people were killed within Kampala due to the mass demonstrations and riots which had been fueled by the political aggression as the country came close to its presidential elections. It’s disheartening that the country has security departments whichContinue reading “WHO IS TO BE BLAMED FOR THE KAMPALA KILLINGS?”

ISRAEL-PALESTENIAN CONFLICT: IS THE UNITED NATIONS FAILING THE WORLD AGAIN?

The debate should not be upon the duties and obligations of the United Nations as they are very clear at least to anyone, one can even guess where they aren’t aware. There was a time where the world was full of warfare and perhaps the worldly leaders then felt it reasonable to have a unifyingContinue reading “ISRAEL-PALESTENIAN CONFLICT: IS THE UNITED NATIONS FAILING THE WORLD AGAIN?”