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Kabaziguruka, NUP welcome ruling against General Court Martial

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Michael Kabaziguruka, the former MP for Nakawa Division has welcomed the decision by the Constitutional Court that held that the General Court Martial has no power to try civilians. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network, Kabaziguruka who in 2016 challenged the constitutionality of the General Court …

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Lawyers petition court challenging police’s preventive detention

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Two lawyers have petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging section 24 (2) of the Police Act which gives police officers powers of indefinite preventive arrest and detention of any person without fair trial. The lawyers Anne Tendo and Alex Martin Tusiime, both human rights advocates working …

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Legal practitioners petition Constitutional court over POMA

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The constitutional court has received a petition from three legal practitioners against the Public Order Management Act (POMA). The petitioners James Nkuubi, Cissy Nabatanzi Ssempa and Grace Mark Tusubira, under the Network for Public Interest Lawyers (NETPIL) petition the Court of Appeal to scrap off …

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Court reinstates Besigye’s petition against preventive arrest

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court Justices have reinstated a petition in which Dr Kizza Besigye wanted a charge of preventive arrest repealed from the Police Act. The five-member panel of Justices led by Fredrick Egonda-Ntende on Thursday reinstated the nine-year-old petition which they had dismissed two weeks …

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Court agrees to dismiss Basajjabalaba’s petition against tax bill

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panel of five Constitutional Court Justices have dismissed a petition in which businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba’s company, Haba Group Uganda Limited had challenged tax imposition on its 169 billion shillings compensation. The money had been awarded to the company by the government following the cancellation …

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