Ssemakadde among other amendments seeks to replace the late former Bank Of Uganda Governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile with administrators of his estate. The Court will deliver its ruling on the matter next week.
“We call upon the Council of Ministers to prioritize Treaty-based Justice by availing adequate resources to the regional court so that its judges can effectively attend to such urgent matters like Molly Katanga's case, and clear case backlog since 2020."
-Executive Director of Legal Brains Trust Isaac Ssemakadde.
On February 23rd, 2024, the CID Commander for Kampala Metropolitan Police, Detective Assistant Commissioner of Police-ACP Bob Kagarura wrote to Ssemakadde inviting him to Police for case conferencing and fact-finding meeting in a criminal Libel case vide CID Headquarters General Inquiries File 312/2023.
Disatisfied with the dismissal, Legal Brains Trust through it's lawyers Stanley Okecho and Roger Mugabi appealed in the Court of Appeal seeking the same orders like in the High Court.
They petitioned Court challenging the decision taken on September 8th, 2022 by the Parliament to pass the Computer Misuse (Amendment Act), 2022 which was subsequently assented to by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on October 13th, 2022.
The petitioners now want the Court to declare the decision purporting to blacklist SMUG indefinitely and to halt its operations and expose it to the public in bad light as unlawful and hence invalid.
In a letter dated December 23 2021 from the office of the DPP to Ssemakadde, it indicates that they have constituted a team and is currently making necessary court preparations as per his complaint.
The same decision was confirmed by the Supreme Court on November 19th 2021 by the Supreme Court Justices in a majority decision of six against one, thereby paving way for the resumption of the suspects' trial.
In a petition signed by Legal Brains Trust Chief Executive Officer Isaac Ssemakadde , he contends that the trial of Basajjabalaba and his brother Muzamiru Basajjabalaba had stalled in the Anti-Corruption Court for six years as the duo opted to challenge the legality of their trial in superior courts.
The panel of five Supreme Court Justices led by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo in their ruling agreed with the applicants and issued an interim order staying the decision of the Constitutional Court. According to Justice Paul Mugamba who read the decision on behalf of the panel, the order will remain in force until the determination of the substantive application or any other order.
Jane Francis Abodo was appointed DPP by President Yoweri Museveni in March this year. She was then vetted and approved by the appointments committee of Parliament on April 6. But, Ivan Sengendo, one of the directors of Legal Brains Trust says that the process leading to Abodo’s appointment was marred with improprieties.
According to 2019 report by the Director of Fire and Emergency Rescue in Uganda Police Force, AIGP Joseph Mugisa more than 190 people drowned in trenches, lakes, rivers and septic tanks across the country.
Justices Kenneth Kakuru, Elizabeth Musoke and Geoffrey Kiryabwire on Tuesday ruled that the acts of Bank of Uganda the then Finance Minister Syda Bbumba by issuing out guarantees and letters of comfort in favour of Basajjabalaba and his companies to four commercial banks was inconsistent with the Constitution of Uganda.
Kakuru told the court that it was unfortunate that they had failed to deliver judgment for the third time, saying he feels frustrated with the delay. He explained that they had failed to deliver judgment this time round because of the one of the judge has been sick for almost a week.
Justice Kenneth Kakuru apologized in open court this morning on behalf of five member panel of the Constitutional Court justices for the delayed delivery of their decision on two separate occasions. The other justices are Hellen Obura, Geoffrey Kiryabwire, Steven Musota and Cheborion Barishaki.
Basajjabalaba was dragged to court by Legal Brains Trust in 2012 on allegations of using government officials, Bank of Uganda and four commercial banks to facilitate theft of shillings 142 billion from the Consolidated Fund.
