Kenneth K. Kiapi

Kenneth is an Associate with the Litigation team. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda with considerable experience in Debt Recovery, Property Conveyancing, banking litigation, Estate Planning and Succession, data protection, land litigation, corporate litigation and employment. He also has an interest in fintech, technology and innovation in law.

Kenneth graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Laws degree from Makerere University and has a diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre.

Advocate, High Court of Uganda

Uganda Law Society

East African Law Society

Employment Law Alliance

• Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Centre, Uganda
• B (Hons.), Makerere University, Uganda

Jul 2024 – Date                   Associate, MMAKS Advocates, Kampala

May 2022 – June 2024        Legal Trainee, MMAKS Advocates, Kampala

Jan 2022 – Apr 2022           Clerkship Student, MMAKS Advocates, Uganda

Aug 2022 – Dec 2020            Intern, Libra Advocates, Uganda

Aug 2019                              Intern, MMAKS Advocates, Uganda

Jun 2019 – Jul 2019              Intern, Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), Uganda

• Debt Recovery
• Family Law and Estate Planning
• Intellectual Property
• Contractual and general Litigation
• Property Conveyancing
• Data Protection
• Employment

Debt recovery

• Acting for a transport and logistics company in connection with a debt recovery matter worth USD 1.8 million against a leading financial institution following fraudulent debits and withdrawals from their account.
• Acting for BestPack Uganda, a packaging company, in connection with numerous debt recoveries valued at approximately USD 450,000.
• Acting for Tata Uganda in connection with numerous debt recoveries valued at approximately USD 400,000.
• Acting for Longhorn Publishers, aleading publisher of educational and creative books, in connection with numerous debt recoveries valued at the equivalent of USD 450,000
• Acting for several commercial banks in connection with debt recovery and mortgage matters

Intellectual Property

• Acting for Intel, an American multinational corporation and technology company, in connection with an action seeking orders inter alia to restrain Intel Computers Limited from using our client’s ’Intel’ trademark and dropped ‘e’ logo and to deliver for destruction all material bearing the Intel Computer Limited name, trademark, get-up, or any other material which infringes on the “Intel” trademark.
• Acting for 18 financial institutions in connection with a copyright infringement suit in which the Plaintiffs allege that the Banks infringed on their copyright by rolling out agent assisted financial services and use of Point of Sale based technology platforms for agency banking.

Employment

• Acting for several banks, corporations and entities in connection with labour disputes before the Industrial Court of Uganda and the Court of Appeal
• Acting for an international energy fund in connection with a suit against a labour claim in excess of USD 1 million by a former employee in the senior management team.
• Advising several not-for-profit organisations in connection with routine employment queries and matters.

Other Notable

• Acting for a leading MDI in connection with a shareholder dispute where the petiitoners allege that the company has been run in a highly prejudicial and oppressive manner to them.
• Acting for the executors and administrators in connection with the administration of several large estates worth over the equivalent of USD 3 million.