Press Release

Plea Bargaining Initiative Launched at 11th Court

28th, August 2015
KABALE – Plea Bargaining, one of the mechanisms used to fight congestion in prisons and reduction of case backlog, has now reached the 11th of the 13 High Court Circuits of Uganda.Read More »

Plea Bargaining Initiative Launched in Katojo Prison

26th, August 2015
FORT PORTAL: At least 200 accused persons from Katojo Prison in Fort Portal are to benefit from Plea Bargaining initiative.Read More »

Stakeholders Urged to Embrace COMESA Court

24th, August 2015
KAMPALA: Lawyers in East Africa have been challenged to take up cases before the Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) Court of Justice. Read More »

JLOS House Project Preferred Bidder Named

14th, August 2015
The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs on behalf of the Justice, Law and Order Sector (JLOS) announces M/S TWED Property Development Ltd and Group Five Structured Ingenuity as the preferred bidder for the JLOS House Project. Read More »

Government to Support Legal Aid Scheme- Museveni

12th, August 2015
MUNYONYO: President Yoweri Museveni has committed government’s continued support for the enactment of a law to support the provision of free legal services to Ugandans. Read More »

Justice Centres Uganda hold 3rd Annual Legal Aid Conference

10th, August 2015
Legal aid is the provision of free or subsidized legal services to mainly poor and vulnerable people who cannot afford the services of paid lawyers. Read More »

Court Declares Bride Price Refund Unconstitutional

7th, August 2015
KAMPALA - The Supreme Court ruled that the refund of bride price by the woman’s parents or relatives upon a failed marriage is unconstitutional. Read More »

Hon. Justice Kiryabwire Named International Mediator

4th, August 2015
ENGLAND - Court of Appeal/Constitutional Justice, Hon. Geoffrey Kiryabwire, has been appointed a mediator at the Insolvency International College of Mediation based in England.  He is the only African mediator on the 14-man panel of mediators from different countries. Read More »