LAWYER || POET || ENTREPRENEUR || POLITICIAN (Went to Makerere University & St Mary's kitende) It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice.
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Kakande Chrispus retweeted
We remain convinced that getting more young people INTO the money economy is central to sustainable poverty eradication, but our transformation agenda must begin with empowering young people to create wealth, for themselves - first, their households and communities.
At the invitation of the @MakGuild Speaker, Rt. Hon. @TrevisMuhwezi, I joined a panel of young leaders at the University Leaders Convention held today at @Parliament_Ug to discuss Uganda’s economy and the role of young people, particularly university students, in shaping its future.
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Ever wondered what drives Uganda's most high-stakes corporate litigation?
Take a journey "Inside the Mind of Fred Muwema" in this feature by @CEOEastAfrica, exploring over two decades of landmark legal advocacy.
Read here:
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Kakande Chrispus retweeted
No!!
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I was in Court today for my cases and I witnessed an interesting episode before my cases were called.
A young lawyer was sent to court by her principal for a matter that was slated for trial. The lawyer on the other side is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria with over 50years of experience. When the matter was called, the young lawyer stood up to inform the court that her principal was in his way to court to handle the matter as she was not briefed to proceed with the trial. Immediately, the court told her to start looking at the file as the matter must proceed. The court stood the matter down for like 2hours.
When it was recalled again, the young lawyer’s principal was not still in court and the SAN was prepared to proceed. The SAN put his witness in the box and tendered all the documents. When it was now the turn of the young lawyer to cross examine the witness, she stood up with confidence and said: my Lord, we will like to take a short adjournment to enable us cross-examine the witness. In the interest of justice, I plead to the court to allow us come back. Clearly showing hesitation to adjourn the matter, the court called upon the SAN to respond to the young lady’s application for adjournment. Some of us in court were already thinking the SAN would insist the young lawyer must proceed, so as to gain an unfair advantage in the case, as cross examination is a crucial part of the case.
The learned SAN stood up and said: my Lord, I was in this lady’s position 51years ago. My principal gave me a file for a case for trial and when the matter was called upon, clearly I wasn’t ready to go on, I stood up to ask for an adjournment. Thanks to the senior counsel on the other side, who extended grace to me to concede to an adjournment. So it is my turn to extend the same grace to another younger lawyer, and I hope in the future, when she also finds herself in similar situation, she will extend the same grace to the junior lawyer. So my Lord, I will not be objecting the her application for adjournment.
Everybody in court including the young lawyer immediately wore a wide smile on their faces. It was a sigh of relief for the young lawyer. Then the judge said to the young lawyer: thank your luck that the SAN extended grace to you, and now I don’t have any option but to grant your request for an adjournment. The judge added however that: the tenacity of the lady not to go on was impressive. But admonished her to always be familiar with the facts of the case and be ready to proceed regardless of whether the principal was coming to court or not.
Kakande Chrispus retweeted
UGANDA MAY BE AUTOMATING THE VERY JOBS THAT TRAIN TOMORROW’S SENIOR LAWYERS.
THEREFORE WHO TAKES THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUNG LAWYERS' WELFARE, PROFFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFFESSION IN UGANDA:-
Traditionally, today's Senior Lawyers gained experience by filing court papers, applying for workpermits, conducting land and company searches, filing URSB Returns, Drafting Pleadings and handling routine client matters. These were not merely errands; they were the training ground for professional competence. The Young advocates earned some money and gained valuable experience out of this routine work.
Currently, ECCMIS is digitising court processes from filing of Court Papers to service of process, while AI can assist with legal research, document review and drafting. Online registries are also changing how land and company searches and statutory returns are handled. Senior Lawyers are able to handle these tasks without the use of Young Lawyers.
As these tasks change, what happens to young lawyers’ employment, income and opportunities to learn the profession?
This is not just a technology question. It is a question of young lawyers’ welfare. Proffessional development and the future of the Bar.
My proposals:
1. LDC @LDC_Uganda : Post Graduate Legal Education should incorporate AI, digital litigation and make practical legal-tech training compulsory.
2. Uganda Law Society @ug_lawsociety : There's need to Survey Young Lawyers’ Employment, pay, working conditions and career prospects annually.
3. Law firms: There is need to establish paid graduate programmes, structured mentorship and supervised practical training.
4. Law Council: Reform pupillage to guarantee meaningful exposure to AI, technology, advocacy, drafting, negotiation and client advisory.
5. Government & Private sector: There is need to create paid internships and entry-level roles in legal tech, compliance and data protection.
6. Young lawyers: There is need to master AI and digital tools while strengthening legal judgment, advocacy and client management.
We must not preserve obsolete jobs merely to create employment BUT we must create new pathways for young lawyers to learn, earn and progress.
Technological progress should not leave a generation of qualified lawyers without decent work or a viable future in the profession.
Kakande Chrispus retweeted
I have never met a successful person that was a quitter. Successful people never, ever, give up!
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The Queen reflects on a lifetime of reading - and some of her childhood favourites. 📚
‘The Book That Changed My Life’, available on @BBCiPlayer now.
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Handed over keys to 2,157 homeowners at the Pioneer Affordable Housing Project in Eldoret City, Uasin Gishu County.
Kakande Chrispus retweeted
We have new jurisprudence on vote recounts by sample in Election Petitions
Fellow legal practitioners will find some good guidance on pleading & extraction of the appropriate Orders
Mubiru Eria vs Bisaso Abdul & Another (Election Petition No. 1 of 2026) [2026] UGHC 1273
Kakande Chrispus retweeted
How German national lost sh5b to gold mafia
After losing over $1.5m (about sh5.7b) to gold scammers who had been introduced to him by Peter Musoke, a senior lawyer and former partner at Shonubi, Musoke & Company Advocates, a German national, Christian Arndt, was allegedly threatened with death and ordered never to come back to Uganda. When he left the country, he was also subjected to a series of arrests by his partners back in Dubai. On September 18, 2026, Arndt landed at Entebbe International Airport, having almost spent two years out of the country.
DETAILS 👉👉newvision.co.ug/category/new…
#VisionUpdates
Kakande Chrispus retweeted
If you enjoy oral advocacy, you can watch past Court action in Crane Bank Ltd & others (claimants/appellants) v DFCU Bank Ltd & others (defendants/respondents) via this link judiciary.uk/live-hearings/c…
Real action on the merits starts tomorrow 5th Oct. I'll bring you the commentary
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International law firms involved in Crane Bank & Others vs DFCU Bank & Others (UK)
Greenberg Traurig
Freshfields
Jenner & Block
Milbank
A&O Shearman
Morgan Lewis
Addleshaw Goddard
Michelmores
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Justice Mubiru contextualising a foreign company vs a subsidiary vs a branch office under the Ugandan Companies Act
Salini Constructori SpA vs AG & UNRA (2026)
A Società per Azioni (S.p.A.) is a form of corporation in Italy meaning company with shares/joint-stock company
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A Director Can’t Sign Off A Mortgage For A Company Without Its Power of Attorney – Supreme Court
legalreports.ug/a-director-c…
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Ugandans, please let's support our own! ❤️🇺🇬🇮🇳
Congratulations to this beautiful couple! She is the first Indian to openly and proudly marry a Ugandan, and this is great news for our world. Love has no tribe, no colour, no country.
As you can see in the video, they are not just loving each other; they are BUILDING together. This is Clover Restaurant, their new business they are setting up together. This is what true marriage is.
Let's show them support; let's visit Clover Restaurant Kyanja; let's share their video. This kind of unity is what Uganda needs.
I last saw this in Kenya: many Kenyan men married Indian ladies, and they are doing well in business.
Congratulations once again! We are happy for you! 🙏❤️
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High Court at Kampala Lifts Corporate Veil Against Out Media International Limited, Holds That Where a Company is Untraceable or Has No Assets, its Directors Can Be Held Personally Liable for the Judgment Debt
The High Court has held that an untraceable judgment debtor company with no assets cannot shield its directors from execution.
While reaffirming that the separate legal personality of a company remains a firmly established principle, the Court observed that the corporate veil may be lifted where circumstances demonstrate fraud, improper conduct, flagrant injustice, or other legally recognized grounds for intervention.
Of particular significance is the Court’s recognition that the corporate veil can be lifted at the execution stage.
Read more
lawpointuganda.com/post/high…
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Case Alert: An arbitration clause survives the expiry of the contract that contains it. In Strabag v Ukutulu, the High Court at Arua referred the dispute to arbitration and struck out the suit with costs. AF Mpanga acted for Strabag.
#Arbitration #Uganda
afmpanga.com/an-arbitration-…
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Most Clients are now embracing Trusts over Wills. Here are some of the benefits of a Trust:
1. Trust assets are separate from matrimonial property, meaning that upon divorce, property properly held in a Trust will not form part of the matrimonial property available for division.
2. If you go broke and your business fails, Trust assets are protected from creditors. Clever people understand this.
3. Trusts are tax efficient. Beneficiaries receive distributions without being taxed again where the relevant tax has already been paid by the trustee.
4. Upon your death, beneficiaries benefit from Trust assets without having to go through the lengthy succession cases.
There are numerous other benefits of Trusts. That’s why I get excited whenever I’m registering one.Registering a Trust takes one or two weeks.
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Lawyers have began these games in serious matters involving people’s civil liberties. Oba twabaaki? Anyways, I hope that no Court dismisses an Election Petition on mere technicalities, given that Petitions have also taken time to be heard and disposed of.
We should also be concerned about this whole arrangement of elections getting done, people swearing in, begin drawing money from the consolidated fund and then Courts have to decide election disputes several months later. It beats logic and common sense.
Perhaps the Law should be amended to make electoral processes more meaningful. All election disputes should be filed and handled before the official swearing in of the next government. And also, once a Petition is filed, it should grant an automatic stay of the swearing of a given Respondent until the matter is heard and disposed of. These are my thoughts anyway.
ELECTION PETITION: Masaka High Court has set a timeline for determining a preliminary objection in an election petition filed by former Defence Minister Vincent Ssempijja challenging the election of Kalungu East MP Yusuf Kiruluuta Nkeretanyi. Appearing before Justice Joyce Kavuma, Nkeretanyi’s lawyer, Kenneth Kakande, argued that Ssempijja filed the petition out of time and asked the court to dismiss it. Ssempijja’s lawyer, Simon Kasangaki, asked for time to respond to the objection. The court has granted the request and given the lawyers until close of business today to file their response.
#MonitorUpdates
📹: Malik Fahad Jjingo
Kakande Chrispus retweeted
Delighted to meet Vice President Jessica Alupo of Uganda on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit. Recalled my memorable visit to Uganda in 2018 and the Kampala Principles that continue to guide India’s engagement with Africa.
We discussed ways to deepen cooperation in healthcare, agriculture, digital technologies and capacity building.
India and Uganda will keep working closely to advance bilateral ties and ensure a stronger voice for the Global South.
@jessica_alupo
