THE TENTATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE 2011 ANNUAL LAW CONFERENCE SLATED FOR 8th TO 9th DECEMBER, 2011 AT THE SCHOOL OF LAW- MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

DAY ONE:

TIME / ACTIVITY
8:00am-9:00am / Arrival and Registration of Participants
9:00am-10:00am / Official Opening Ceremony
Welcome remarks from Makerere Law Society President
Remarks from the Dean, School of Law
Remarks from the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs,
Makerere University)
Address by Hon. Peter Nyombi, (Attorney General ,Republic of
Uganda)
10:00am-11:30am / PAPER ONE
“The Proposal to Scrap Bail for Particular Offences: Weighing
the Positive and Negative Implications”
CHAIR: Hon. Theodore Sekikubo
Member of Parliament
PRESENTER: Hon. Justice Prof. G.W. Kanyeihamba
Rtd. Justice of the Supreme Court
DISCUSSANTS: Major General Kale Kayihura
Inspector General of Police
Mr. James Sebugenyi
President, Uganda Law Society
11:30am-1:00pm / PAPER TWO
“Encouraging Female Law Graduates to Join the Bar”
CHAIR: Prof. Sylvia Tamale
Professor of Laws, and former Dean, School of Law
PRESENTER: Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga
Speaker of Parliament, Republic of Uganda
DISCUSSANTS: Hon. Miria Matembe
Former Minister for Ethics & Integrity
Mrs. Joy Kabatsi
Head, Legal Department, State House
1:00pm- 2:00pm / Lunch Break
2:00pm-3:30pm / PAPER THREE
“Uganda’s Oil and Gas Wealth: the Legal perspectives”
CHAIR: Mr. BusingyeKabumba
Lecturer, School of Law
PRESENTER: Mr. Dickens Kamugisha
CEO Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO)
Discussants: Hon. Ken Lukyamuzi
Member of Parliament
Mr. GodberTumushabe (ACODE- UGANDA)
3:30pm-5:00pm / PAPER FOUR
“The making of a Good Lawyer”
CHAIR: Assoc. Prof. Christopher Mbazira
PRESENTER: Hon. Justice RemmyKasule
Justice of Appeal, Republic of Uganda
Discussants: Mr. J.F. David Mpanga
Advocate, Courts of Judicature
Mrs. Linda Mugisha
Chairperson, FIDA UGANDA

END OF DAY ONE

DAY TWO:

9:00am-11:00am / PAPER FIVE
“Fighting White Collar Corruption”
CHAIR: Mr. Kirunda Robert
Lecturer, School of Law
PRESENTER: Hon. Justice John BoscoKatutsi
Rtd. Head of the Anti-Corruption Court
DISCUSSANTS: Mr. Raphael Baku
Inspector General of Government
Hon. Gerald Karuhanga
Member of Parliament
11:00am-1:00pm / PAPER SIX
“The Uprisings in North Africa- The Pan-Africanist View”
CHAIR: Prof. Joe OlokaOnyango
Professor of Laws
PRESENTER: Hon. KahindaOtafiire
Minister for Justice & Constitutional Affairs
DISCUSSANTS: Prof. Apollo Nsibambi
Former Prime-Minister, Republic of Uganda
His Lordship Elias Lukwago
Lord Mayor, Kampala & Advocate
1:00pm-2:00pm / Lunch Break
2:00pm-2:30pm / Arrival of Chief Guest
2:30pm-3:00pm / Address by the President, Makerere Law Society
Address by the Dean, School of Law, Makerere University
Address by the Vice Chancellor, Makerere University
Address by Hon. Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwiire
Patron, Makerere Law Society
3:00pm- 3:20pm / Address by His Lordship Benjamin Odoki
Chief Justice, Republic of Uganda
3:20pm-4:00pm / Key-Note Address by the Chief Guest
4:00pm-5:00pm / Closure and Departure of Delegates

“He who uses his own legal right injures no one.”