Energy & Construction Lawyer. Regional Representative for Africa, London Court of International Arbitration’s Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG).
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined August 2011
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Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
One unique identifier about Kiira College Butiki @Butiki_League Old Students is how they speak lusoga as their official language regardless of tribe.
I was honoured to join colleagues at @ug_lawsociety training on arbitration. I presented on emerging trends in court intervention in arbitration & arbitral autonomy. I’ll prep a full paper on the subject & publish it. I hinted on the nexus between rule of law & arbitration too.
Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
...of arbitration knowledge & practice within the legal profession.
The Training will Examine the Determinants in Choosing a Seat of Arbitration as Well as the Emerging Opportunities & Challenges in Arbitration in Uganda
When: Wednesday June 24, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM (EAT)
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Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
...Chairperson of the CIArb Uganda Education & Training Committee; Ivan Okuda, FCIArb; Zubedah Namugenyi, MCIArb & Edith Twinamatsiko, MCIArb who will serve as Moderator.
Their participation highlights the contribution of CIArb Uganda members to the advancement...(2/5)
Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
Uganda Law Society will host an Arbitration Training tomorrow, 24th June 2026, bringing together leading practitioners to discuss key aspects of arbitration practice & procedure.
The session will feature CIArb Uganda members, including Ann Namara Musinguzi, FCIArb,...(1/5)
Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
Important contribution to Uganda’s long-term development discourse and evidence-based planning.
“BEYOND ATMS” provides a timely ex-ante analysis and stress-testing framework for Uganda’s NDPIV Tenfold Growth Strategy, integrating energy, infrastructure, macroeconomics, climate resilience, and structural transformation perspectives.
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20241…
#Uganda #NDPIV #ATMS #EnergyTransition @museband#EconomicTransformation #PolicyResearch
Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
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Many farmers believe avocado farming success only depends on rainfall, fertilizer, or good seedlings — but the real secret lies in proper orchard management. A healthy avocado orchard is built through consistent care, correct spacing, soil health management, irrigation, pruning, and disease control.
Avocado farming has become one of the most profitable agribusiness ventures in Kenya due to increasing export demand and rising local consumption. However, achieving high yields and premium-quality fruits requires more than simply planting trees.
🌿 The hidden key to success starts from the soil.
Avocados thrive best in:
✅ Well-drained fertile soils
✅ Soil pH between 5.5 – 6.5
✅ Areas with sufficient sunlight
✅ Proper water management
Poor drainage is one of the biggest causes of avocado tree failure because waterlogged soils encourage root diseases such as root rot.
🌳 Proper Spacing Matters
Overcrowded orchards reduce airflow and sunlight penetration, increasing pest and disease pressure. Recommended spacing:
📌 Hass Avocados: 5m × 5m or 6m × 6m
📌 Fuerte Avocados: 7m × 7m
Proper spacing improves:
✔ Air circulation
✔ Fruit quality
✔ Spray coverage
✔ Tree health
💧 Irrigation is Critical
Young avocado trees require consistent moisture, especially during dry periods. Drip irrigation is highly recommended because it:
✅ Saves water
✅ Reduces disease spread
✅ Delivers moisture directly to roots
✅ Improves fruit development
✂️ Pruning for Higher Productivity
Many farmers ignore pruning, yet it is essential for:
🌱 Removing diseased branches
🌱 Improving sunlight penetration
🌱 Enhancing airflow
🌱 Encouraging better fruit production
A well-pruned orchard is easier to manage and produces healthier fruits.
🥑 Balanced Nutrition = Bigger Harvests
Avocado trees require balanced nutrients for healthy growth and fruiting. Important nutrients include:
✔ Nitrogen — promotes vegetative growth
✔ Phosphorus — supports root development
✔ Potassium — improves fruit size and quality
✔ Calcium & Boron — reduce fruit drop and improve fruit formation
Organic manure also helps improve soil structure and microbial activity.
🐛 Pest & Disease Monitoring
Regular orchard inspection helps farmers detect problems early before major damage occurs. Common avocado challenges include:
⚠ Root rot
⚠ Thrips
⚠ Fruit fly
⚠ Anthracnose
⚠ False codling moth
Early prevention saves money and protects yields.
🌍 Why Avocado Farming Continues to Grow
Kenya remains one of Africa’s leading avocado exporters, creating huge opportunities for farmers. With proper orchard management, avocado farming can provide:
💰 Long-term income
📦 Export opportunities
🌱 Sustainable farming business
🥑 High market demand locally and internationally
🌿 Successful avocado farming is not luck — it is the result of smart orchard management practiced consistently over time.
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Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
For centuries, coffee in Buganda has been more than a crop. It has been culture, survival, and opportunity.
Today, coffee farming continues to empower communities by financing children’s education, improving healthcare access, creating rural jobs, and helping families build permanent homes.
In many villages, coffee is still called “the household bank.” Yet behind every cup is a smallholder farmer navigating climate change, price volatility, and shrinking land sizes.
The future of Buganda’s rural economy may depend not just on growing more coffee, but on ensuring coffee farmers earn enough to thrive, not merely survive.
@MAAIF_Uganda @KCCAUG @aBi_Finance @EnabelinUganda
#RuralDevelopment #SmallholderFarmers #Sustainability
ALT Coffee farming districts of Central Uganda Region.
Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
Coffee prices as of Monday May 04, 2026: Arabica recovers from 1.5-week lows on ICE futures as Robusta registers gains on LIFFE.
Farm gate prices (in UGX per kilogram)👇
Arabica Parchment: 15,500-16,000
Drugar: 15,000-16,000
FAQ: 12,000-12,500
@FrankTumwebazek
#CoffeePriceUG
Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
TIPS ON ESTABLISHING A PROFESSIONAL COFFEE PLANTATION THAT WILL GIVE YOU BETTER RESULTS
Coffee is UGANDAs #1 Cash crop since the 1980s, and Uganda Africa's Top Exporter since 2025. Uganda recorded its highest-ever coffee export earnings in the 2024/2025 financial year, generating USD 2.2 billion (approx. USh 8.8tn) from 8.2 to 8.7 million bags, and this is expected to rise to 20 million bags in 5 years ahead.
Uganda Commercially produces 2 major coffee varieties, Mainly Robusta as a lower altitude crop thriving well between 900-1,500m above sea level, and Arabica Coffee thriving well at higher altitudes between 1,300-2,300m above sea level making Ugandan coffee to possess the best qualities due to a high altitude, soils, and farming systems that cannot be easily found elsewhere in the world.
BELOW FIND TIPS ON HOW TO ESTABLISH A PROFESSIONAL COFFEE PLANTATION
1. SPACING: The spacing between Robusta plants is 3x3m standard density (450 PLNATS APER ACRE), medium density 3x3m (674 PLANTS PER ACRE) and 2.5x2.5m for Arabica coffee (647 plants per acre)
2. HOLE SIZE: Recommended Coffee planting holes are 2x2ft (depth 2ft & width 2ft),
PLEASE NOTE: While digging holes: heap the top soil on one side and lower red soil on another side.
3. MANURE: Add manure to the dug-out black top soil, mix it well and return it into the holes.
Mark the center of the holes and leave them for 2 – 3 months before planting.
4. AUTHENTIC/CERTIFIED SEEDLINGS: Procure coffee plantlets from Certified Coffee Nurseries.
5. TIMELY PLANTING: Ensure early planting at the onset of the first rains, best time to plant is in the evening when soils have cooled down.
6. POTTING BAG REMOVAL: Remove the polythene pot cover before planting the seedling/cutting.
7. WATERING: Provide temporary shade to the newly planted coffee plantlets and water in case of water stress. Water conservation channels/bands are important in coffee.
8. PLANTATION NURTURING:
When the coffee plantlets have attained a height of about 11/2 foot or 6 – 9 months after planting, they should be trained (bent in an east to west direction i.e. sunrise to sunset direction) to initiate multiple branches from which the lowest and most healthy 2 are selected and maintained together with the original plantlet. This ensures higher yield and profitability per tree.
9. MULCHING: The coffee garden should always be mulched and “weed free”. Plantation mulching helps in water conservation, soil moisture conservation, soil erosion control, weed control etc
10 INTERCROPPING: Legumes e.g. Beans, Gnuts, soya beans and bananas are good intercrops for coffee.
11. COFFEE SHADE TREES: Shade trees protect coffee trees from heavy wind, rain, and sun irradiance. These benefits are especially helpful in environments less favorable to sustainable production. For example, proper shade trees can buffer coffee trees from prolonged droughts and extreme temperatures.
12. HARVESTING: At maturity, harvest only the red-ripe cherry and dry it immediately on tarpaulins, raised platforms or cemented floor to preserve its good quality.
For more details and UCDA Documents downloads on Commercial coffee farming, kindly visit visit greeninguganda.com/Products/… OR visit us at facebook.com/media/set/?set=…
Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
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Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
Well done, Ivan. Good one.
I may need your help on a paper I’m working on. Please I’ll appreciate any material or UK Courts authorities on Pre and Post Judgment interest and also on Cost of Litigation.
Thank you.
1st international case as (Lead Counsel) was baptism of fire. How do you join a party who didn't sign a contract to an arbitration? In one weekend, drafted 100 pages of submissions to answer that (with 3,000 pages of authorities). Glad we WON! Sadly decision can’t be published.
Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
Copy writing? Report writing? Or business/technical writing?
Here’s is a great opportunity for you to sharpen your skills, @Akeda3 will equip you to put the best words in the best possible order and be an effective communicator.
It is online, it starts this week!
My LLM (Construction Law & Arbitration) thesis was on joinder of non-signatories to a contract/arbitration agreement to arbitration. Glad to put theory into practice by acting as Lead Counsel in my first international construction arbitration case. Good news from France today.
Ivan Okuda, FCIArb retweeted
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Dear our esteemed members, we proudly bring you the Virtual Construction Law Training, happening today December 03, 2025.
05 CLE Points
To be part, join via Award :
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Fees
Young Lawyers: 70,000/=
Other Lawyers: 100,000/=
@IvanOkuda @AnnNamaraM @dkaggwa
Thank you @ug_lawsociety. I am profoundly humbled.
Congratulations, our member, Advocate @IvanOkuda 🎉🍾
@YIAGA
#BangTheTable #BackOnTrack @RNBVision2060
For arbitration practitioners (and enthusiasts) under age 40 (lawyers, architects, surveyors, engineers, etc) who are interested in enrolling as members of the London Court of International Arbitration’s (LCIA) Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG), let’s engage please.
Seven talented lawyers from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Mauritius have this week been named new Regional Representatives for Africa by the Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG), a London Court of Arbitration (@LCIAnews) sponsored association for students and practitioners up to 40 years of age: africa-legal.com/news/lcias-…
“This accomplished group will play a vital role in encouraging membership, reporting on key arbitration developments, and supporting YIAG events across the region,” said the YIAG, which was established in 1997
and now has over 12,200 members from 145+ countries.
#LCIA #InternationalArbitration #YoungArbitrators #YIAG #YourAfricaLegal #AfricanArbitration #AfricanExcellence #ADR
