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Kampala – A total of 116 newly qualified lawyers have been formally enrolled as Advocates of the High Court during a ceremony held at the Court of Appeal Building Conference Hall. One of the enrolled lawyers receiving his certificate on Friday.(Courtesy photo) The enrollment was presided over by the Acting Chief Registrar, HW Lamunu Pamella Ocaya, who welcomed the new …

Kampala– The Acting Chief Registrar, HW Lamunu Pamella Ocaya, on Friday, presided over the first enrolment ceremony of the year, during which 120 lawyers were formally enrolled as Advocates of the High Court. The ceremony took place at the Court of Appeal Building Conference Hall in Kampala. Acting Chief Registrar Pamella Ocaya handing over the certificate to one of the …

Kampala– The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has intensified its call for independent control over the discipline of advocates, arguing that the Law Council’s continued oversight undermines professional independence, delays justice, and weakens public confidence in the legal profession. The position was presented by ULS Vice President Asiimwe Anthony, on behalf of President Isaac Ssemakadde, SC, during a Non-Residential Workshop for …

U.N. agency plans to review human rights in the southern African nation on Nov. 14. Michael Kayiyatsa, executive director of the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR): “The UPR is an important opportunity for Malawi to take stock of its human rights record.” For more than 15 years, the southern African nation of Malawi has been debating — and …

While appearing on 93.1  IUIU FM-MBALE this morning, Mbale City NRM Woman Mp flagbearer, Hon. Lydia Wanyoto has advocated for Mbale to international terminal-one stop centre for the regional transport system,  “The Cross-border Financial Transaction Act that brought KCB; Kenya Central Bank to Mbale, which was the second branch outside Kampala to boost business, advocated for a regional passport office …

Shunning top-down strategies, AIDS fighters turn to LGBT+ communities for PrEP promotion Paris hosted the opening of the Global Black Gay Men Connect pre-conference on Oct. 14 to highlight the efforts of Afro-descendant and Afroqueer communities in response to the HIV epidemic in Europe. (Photo by @globalblackgaymenconnect). Healtth care activists gathered last month in Paris to plan strategies for promoting …

Not Every Prisoner Is Guilty: Human Rights Advocates Demand End to Death Penalty | Voice of Bugerere Home Health Not Every Prisoner Is Guilty: Human Rights Advocates Demand End to Death Penalty

By Kabuye RonaldThe Uganda Law Society (ULS), under the stewardship of the Radical New Bar, has announced the immediate appointment of Advocate Ssali Babu as Acting Secretary and Advocate Lule Alexander as Acting Council Member representing the Central Region. The appointments, made by the ULS Council, are in accordance with Regulations 15(1)(b) and 15(1)(c) of the Uganda Law Society (Election) …