Professor of Law and Advocate, Uganda
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The date is 12th November 2026, Venue is Makerere University, Main Hall, starting at 2:00pm. Inaugural Lecture and Book Launch.
JUDICIAL POWER, POLITICS AND CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION IN UGANDA: WALKING IN AND OUTSIDE THE CONSTITUTION
Drawing on decades of scholarship, public interest litigation, and comparative constitutional analysis, the author examines the evolution of judicial power in Uganda against the backdrop of colonialism,
authoritarianism, democratisation, and the emergence of hybrid political
regimes. The book explores the complex relationship between law and politics, judicial independence, constitutional review, human rights, socio-
economic justice, and political transformation, demonstrating how courts simultaneously serve as guardians of constitutionalism and instruments of
state power.
Engaging with the experiences of South Africa, India, the United States, Kenya, Germany, Israel, China, and other jurisdictions, the book situates Uganda’s constitutional journey within broader global debates on transformative constitutionalism and the role of courts in democratic governance. It challenges conventional assumptions about judicial behaviour by revealing
how political context, institutional design, and regime survival.
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Litigators are made in courtrooms & law firms — not classrooms.
Other subject matter experts are made in their respective subjectbmatter practice areas — not classrooms.
LDC is overrated, dysfunctional.
#AbolishLDC #BackOnTrack #NoApology
Ready to serve the Nation as Semester starts at Makerere University. Being a human rights academic and constitutional lawyer has become so challenging. In many circles you are now treated with animosity.
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Joshua Leon Otim, a 16-year-old student of Excell High School in Mukono District, has succumbed to injuries he sustained on December 6, 2025 in Gulu City, Northern Uganda when a gang, police and UPDF soldiers unleashed violence against National Unity Platform (@NUP_Ug) supporters and their presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi who was in the city to campaign ahead of the 2026 General Election.
Otim died this afternoon at St Mary's Hospital Lacor in Gulu City.
Ms Margret Acan said her son who was hit on the head with a blunt object slipped into a coma after the vicious attack. His body has been taken to Gulu Military Hospital for postmodern. No suspect has been arrested in connection with the saturday violent incident. Police earlier said they were investigating the incident which left several supporters of NUP, including Mr Kyagulanyi's confidant, Daniel Oyirwoth, also known as Sir Dan Magic, injured
#MonitorUpdates
#UgandaDecides2026
📷 James Owich
Colleagues, in *Today’s Daily Monitor, 23rd November 2025*, as part of my series on the evolution of the Judiciary in Uganda, I demonstrate how the "Post Amin Judiciary forgot nothing and learnt nothing"* I use the Andrew Kayiira Lutakome v Rugumayo (Constitutional Petition No.1 of 1979) as a reference.
Get yourself a copy.
#LinkingtheBarBenchand Country
#BodaBoda2JSC
@bkabumba @ug_lawsociety @Makerere
Colleagues, in Today’s Monitor, as part of my series on the evolution of the Judiciary, I demonstrate how Amin left the Judiciary in tatters. Military tribunals assumed immense judicial power and never followed due process. Lawyers were targeted, some killed.
@bkabumba
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Dear colleagues,
Re-sharing this Call for Papers 👇
Please note that deadline for receipt of abstracts is Monday, 10th November ~
As a candidate, the campaigns to garner votes to be elected to represent the ULS on the JSC gave me the unique opportunity to traverse the country riding a Boda-Boda (motorcycle) to visit courts, law firms. service providers, and other justice institutions.
The Project aims at using participatory approaches to assess the quality of justice services in select districts. As indicated in this Concept Note, a digital tool has been designed to enable different actors to evaluate the justice services in their districts.
In response to my Sunday Monitor Article published today on court validating unconstitional change of government as legal, a lawyer colleague stated as follows:
Kelsen published his General Theory of Law & State in 1945. The courts in Ex parte Matovu were following precedent.