Tuesday’s unanimous decision by five justices who include the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo, Lady Justices, Faith Mwondha, Percy Night Tuhaise, Justice Mike Chibita, and Stephen Musota arise from a series of legal proceedings initiated by Kiggundu and his two companies against Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Uganda and DTB Kenya.
One of the prominent public interest cases scheduled for the pre-hearing is the matter in which City businessman Hamis Kiggundu filed an application against Diamond Trust Bank Uganda and Diamond Trust Bank Kenya in the Supreme Court.
Ivan Ssewankambo, the leading structural Engineer at Nakivubo stadium construction site told Uganda Radio Network that they faced several setbacks majorly the structure review, which stalled the works for almost a year.
They are complaining about a number of alleged unjustified circumstances in which Zeija issued directives without granting Kiggundu a right to be heard as the interested party. The lawyers led by Fred Muwema say that the actions appeared to hijack the Judicial process and affect fairness in the administration of Justice.
The lenders under their umbrella, Money Lenders Union Limited together with their Secretary General Male Mabirizi have filed their case before the Kampala Sub Registry of the East African Court of Justice.
In August 2020, Kiggundu petitioned the court after 85 Billion Shillings and 34 Billion Shillings were illegally deducted by DTB Uganda and DTB Kenya from two accounts of his companies without his knowledge and consent.
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Such behavior hit a new low when journalists were seen scrambling to get a share of payments by businessman Ham Kiggundu after a meeting with the Office of the Prime Minister on Saturday.
