Lawrence Oliver Yasona

PRESIDENT @IUEALawSociety.
SPEAKER @lawstudentsug.
Sec 4 Legal Affairs South Sudan Student's Union in Uganda. Human Rights.
[email protected]

[⚖️ TriteLaw🇺🇬 @TriteLawUG]

If a document is not admitted into evidence as an exhibit, it only remains as hearsay evidence, untested and an unauthenticated account.” Justice Anglin ✍️ in Kirya Robert v Uganda (High Court Criminal Appeal No. 50 of 2016) [2018] UGHCCRD 228, cited with approval the holding in Des Raj Shema v Reginan (1953) EACA 310

✍️Once a document has been marked for identification, it must be proved. A witness must produce the document and tender it in evidence as an exhibit and lay foundation for its authenticity and relevance to the facts of the case

✍️It is a settled principle of law that a court can only rely on a document that has been formally tendered and admitted in evidence as an exhibit.

Under S.58 of the Evidence Act “all facts except contents of documents may be proved by oral evidence

Case link: https://t.co/vtMIc6cxGI

[Batapa Uganda @MwanjeGideon1]

Since we lack proper leadership that understand the true value of young people, 70% percent of our potential as a country remains idle.

[⚖️ TriteLaw🇺🇬 @TriteLawUG]

Justice Ssemogerere ✍️A person who contemplates or receives money to frustrate/lie to Court during proceedings commits criminal contempt, even where he does not receive the full payment as expected✍️ Knowingly giving false information to court that An applicant is sick and on a hospital bed, when that information is false, also amounts to perjury

Case link: https://t.co/Y5GjHk7Z3g

[SSEKABIRA PATRICK @PSSEKABIR]

WATCH: One of the suspects, Abdul Noor Ssemujju, alias Minana, a former Special Police Constable (SPC), reportedly told the court without hesitation that the then Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, and Kagame ordered him to shoot and kill prosecutor Joan Kagezi 11 years ago. This is a very interesting case to follow closely as the court proceedings unfold.

[Uganda Wildlife Authority @ugwildlife]

Happening now!

The translocation of three Nubian giraffes from Murchison Falls National Park to Ajai Wildlife Reserve to boost the species’ population, enhance biodiversity, and diversify tourism opportunities.
#ConversationInAction

[KIIZA ERON @kiizaeron]

Back in November 2024, Uganda's army grabbed opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his friend Obeid Lutale in Nairobi, Kenya, and took them home to face treason charges. That's the crime of trying to overthrow the government. The crime is so serious they could be hanged if convicted (which the CDF and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni) have already done publicly.

After that, the government pushed a story that Besigye had been planning to hurt or kill President Museveni. A political commentator named Charles Rwomushana helped spread that story. So did journalist Andrew Mwenda.

A big part of their "proof" was some audio recordings. However, the guy who supposedly had the original recordings (@artfulgypzy) later told police, in March 2025, that he destroyed them. So the real evidence is gone. That same guy also claims he's the one who let the kidnappers into the room where Besigye was taken, then "escaped."

It is funny how Rwomushana, who helped push the anti-Besigye story, has ended up named in the government's own treason case as someone allegedly involved in the plot meetings. He hasn't been charged; he's just named in their evidence.

Lately, Rwomushana has gone quiet about attacking Besigye. Maybe he's being smart, or maybe he's realised the whole thing was built on a shaky guy and recordings that no longer exist. Wild times.

[Benjamin Oteng Israel @OtengBenjamin10]

Registration Is Not Enough: Title Alone Won't Win You Judgment

"A judgment on admission requires a clear, unambiguous and unconditional admission of facts by a party."

In Movit Products Ltd v Attorney General, the High Court drew an important distinction in land litigation: being the registered proprietor does not automatically entitle a party to judgment on admission.

Movit argued that the Government had effectively admitted its ownership after a Registrar's report confirmed that the company held certificates of title over the disputed land. But the Court refused to shortcut the trial.

Why? Because ownership and exclusive possession are not always the same issue. The Attorney General maintained that the Uganda Prisons Service had an interest in the land, while a separate pending suit also challenged the root of the title. Those competing claims meant there were still triable issues.

The ruling is a reminder that Order 13 Rule 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules is reserved for the clearest of cases. Where the alleged admission leaves room for competing rights, disputed possession, or unresolved questions of title, the court will insist on a full trial rather than determine rights summarily.

A registered title may be powerful evidence but where the facts remain contested, it is not a substitute for proof.

#CivilProcedureandligation #JudgmentOnAdmission

[IUEALawSociety @IUEALawSociety]

Every great lawyer starts with practice. Our first Year Law students stepped into the roles of advocates, sharpening their legal knowledge, Language of Courts and critical thinking.
This is where future legal Professionals learn to argue with purpose, clarity and uphold justice.

[CIJ_ICJ @CIJ_ICJ]

PRESS RELEASE: The #RussianFederation, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the #ICJ, yesterday filed a Declaration of intervention in the case concerning Alleged Smuggling of Migrants (#Lithuania v. #Belarus).

Link to the press release: https://t.co/febDHda5aD

[⚖️ TriteLaw🇺🇬 @TriteLawUG]

The publication of a person’s photograph or likeness without his consent is not actionable✍
In Moses Ali Vs Monitor Publications Ltd, Justice Okumu Dismissed Moses Ali's claim that the publication of his photograph alongside an article on obesity, diabetes and impotence portrayed him as overweight and exposed him to ridicule✍relying on the decision in Vander Zalm v Times Publishers (1980) 109 DLR 531, where it was held that

✍“The publication of a person’s photograph or likeness without his consent is not actionable, however much annoyance it may cause to his personal feelings, unless it is published in such a context or in such circumstances as to injure his reputation or bring him into contempt or ridicule. And ridicule may be incurred even accidentally, as when a person is made to cut an absurd figure"

[Kunihira Proscovia @ProscieK]

This Application on enforcement of human rights on Legal Representation of @kizzabesigye1 and OL was previously fixed before @IsaacSsemakadde favourite Judge from Karamoja, However, MR JUDGE has set a precedent, when u file a matter, u don't have to appear physically in Court or by Zoom to be heard, they will just throw directions online and send you a copy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[⚖️ TriteLaw🇺🇬 @TriteLawUG]

Ssemogerere J✍️ Once a Magistrate confirms his recusal in writing, he cannot continue hearing the matter✍Continuing to do so errs in law and renders all subsequent proceedings a nullity

Case link: https://t.co/4hOsRJHDMB

[Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda (Parody) @SsemujjuNganda1]

I now understand why South Africa chased these people away. This kind of brains can’t develop any country.

If your mother or father is among these people, or your child is among them, I already feel sorry on your own behalf.

[UBC UGANDA @ubctvuganda]

Museveni: Those taking you abroad for work are misleading you. Uganda has everything you need. For me, spending more than two days in America feels like punishment.

[Uganda Law Society @ug_lawsociety]

OUR TRIBUTE TO GEN. MOSES ALI
(15 April, 1939 - 18 July, 2026)

#ResistLawlessness #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
#BangtheTable #BackOnTrack #RNBVision2060

[Benjamin Oteng Israel @OtengBenjamin10]

URA Sold Medical Equipment Worth UGX 1.46 Billion for UGX 4 Million? The High Court Wasn't Having It.

"Had such notice been issued, the plaintiff would have been afforded an opportunity to take remedial action." — Justice Bernard Namanya

This decision is a timely reminder that statutory power is never a license to ignore statutory procedure.

URA argued that the donated medical equipment had overstayed the statutory warehousing period and was therefore lawfully disposed of. But the Court shifted the focus from whether URA had the power to sell to how that power was exercised.

The Court found glaring procedural failures:

1. No proof of the mandatory one-month statutory notice before sale.
2. No valuation report before disposing of the goods.
3. Medical equipment worth about UGX 1.46 billion allegedly sold for only UGX 4 million.
4. The exit note couldn't even account for the high-value medical equipment rather it referred instead to worn clothing weighing far less than the imported cargo.

The lesson is bigger than customs law.
Whenever legislation grants a public authority the power to interfere with private rights, strict compliance with the procedure is not optional, it is the very source of the authority's legitimacy.

A public body may possess the power to act, but once it disregards the safeguards imposed by law, that action ceases to be lawful. Procedure is not a technicality; it is the citizen's first line of protection against arbitrary administrative action.

Babaana Children of Uganda Ltd v Uganda Revenue Authority (2026) UGHCCD 23
#TaxLaw #AdministrativeLaw

[Gukiina Patrick @GukiinaPatrick]

#LandTransactions
Public advisory from @ministry_lands.
Key word is seek services of qualified legal practitioners.

[Uganda Law Society @ug_lawsociety]

COURT BOYCOTT: Our sister bar @LawSocietyofKe has today called on its members to boycott all courts on Wednesday, 22 July 2026, until the practitioner’s plight is resolved. LSK members are also called upon to boycott “judges enjoying court orders barring investigations by EACC and JSC.”

This action by the LSK echoes our nationwide lawyers’ strike of 26 June 2026, reflecting a growing regional trend of bar associations resorting to collective action in defence of the rule of law and the independence of the legal profession.

#ResistLawlessness #BangTheTable #backOnTrack #RNBVision2060
@ckanjama @IsaacSsemakadde @Kenyajudiciary @JudiciaryUG

[Kenya Law @MyKenyaLaw]

Sections 22 and 23 of the Computer Misuse and Cyber Crimes Act declared unconstitutional since they were too broad to the extent that they were likely to affect innocent persons.

https://t.co/WWmEWipylK

[Kenya Law @MyKenyaLaw]

Constitutional provision on right of recall of a members of Parliament was not self-executing, it required enactment of legislation. Parliament was already working on the legislation, so the court could not order it to pass the law within a set timeframe.

https://t.co/Ed2Q2MPJnU