High Court Stops Law Council Orders Banning Lawyer Buzibira From Legal Practice

The High Court in Kampala has issued an order temporarily stopping the Law Council Disciplinary Committee from enforcing its decision to strike lawyer Richard Buzibira off the roll of legal practitioners. Justice Simon Peter Kinobe of the Civil Division granted the stay on Monday, pending the hearing and determination of Buzibira's miscellaneous appeal. The original orders, issued on May 13, 2026, not only barred Buzibira from legal practice but also required him to pay 10 million Ugandan shillings to his accuser, Pastor Daniel Walugembe, along with legal costs, and an additional 2 million shillings to the Law Council. Buzibira contends that the disciplinary committee's decision was made without affording him a proper hearing. In a sworn statement, he claims he was neither given an opportunity to present his defense nor allowed to cross-examine the complainant. He also stated that neither he nor his lawyers were served with hearing notes before the committee decided the case in his absence. Furthermore, Buzibira challenges the committee's reliance on a police report, arguing its author was never cross-examined, and questions the validity of a consent judgment used in the decision-making process, as key parties were allegedly not involved. A panel of three High Court judges, yet to be named, will hear Buzibira's appeal.

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The execution of all orders of the Disciplinary Committee of the Law Council in LCD number 94 of 2017 are hereby stayed pending the hearing and determination of the Miscellaneous appeal number 0007 of 2026.