Dominic Ongwen: Victim or Perpetrator?
At 14 years, he was a budding teenager; perhaps dreaming of a career like any other teenager. But alas! He was abducted by a notorious warlord, indoctrinated and trained to…
When the dead have a say in the matter
The issue Maintaining peace, security and safety, law and order in Uganda, some of the foundations necessary for a truly just society, does not come as easily as it ought…
The Power of a Dying Declaration
Try not to scratch anyone’s car if driving on Uganda roads. Recently one young man, Kenneth Akena Watmon apparently scratched Matthew Kanyamunyu’s car and was shot for it. He succumbed…
10 point Checklist on the Law and DRR (6)
This is the sixth and final day in our #IStandWithHaiti series. To follow this article, it is important to read the preceding article. Point 9 Do your laws adequately address…
Drop box hack: The lawyers duty of confidentiality
At the end of August this year (2016), it was confirmed that popular cloud storage platform, drop box had been hacked. Over 68m users’ email addresses and passwords were accessed…
A Death Wish
Mustapha Lule survived. He jumped from a tall building (whether willfully or unconsciously), fell down on the street, but did not die. No one knows why he jumped. A few…
Why you need a privacy policy
The right to privacy is central to human dignity. One cannot talk of human dignity without talking of the right to privacy. That is why searches in criminal law must…
Efficient, involving, and ingenious policing
After the 1994 genocide, which brought the country to its knees, a lot has been done to pull the country out of the mess that it was and onto the…
Is Transitional Justice a Fairy Tale for Africa?
As a response to what some term ‘unfair laws’ and policies, civil disobedience has graced the plots of political, economic and social stages in today’s population with a grudge against…