Uganda, April 14 -- On the morning of Wednesday, April 3, Abbey Ssekajja reached out to counsel Ramadhan Waiswa for an update about a case he was running point on. The two friends also had a hearty laughter as they shared memories from their time at Kawempe Muslim Secondary School.

"I did not know that it was the last conversation we would have. I was saddened to learn that he had been involved in an accident, and died," Ssekajja emotively recounts a friend he describes as jolly and encouraging in times of distress.

Waiswa, a lead lawyer at Katuntu & Co Advocates, met his death on the Kumi-Pallisa Road.

Abdu Katuntu, his elder brother and Bugweri MP, says he rushed to find ways to have him evacuated when he learnt of the accident. His ...