Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has fixed hearing of election appeals arising from the 2016 general and subsequent by-elections alongside other 40 civil appeals which will be handled in a two-weeks session starting on November 30th, 2020. According to a communication from the judiciary, the session …
Read More »URA’s domestic VAT battle
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Margaret Rwaheru Akiiki and her fellow complainants will have to wait a little longer to know whether they are entitled to the billions of shillings in refund by Uganda Revenue Authority-URA arising from a court ruling last week. According to the URA, it’s not yet …
Read More »Sexual, murder offenses to dominate Fort Portal Court of Appeal session
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aggravated defilement and murder cases are dominating the list of criminal appeals to be handled during a criminal appeals session in Fort Portal which kicks off tomorrow Monday. The cases are from the Rwenzori sub region districts of Kabarole, Kamwenge, Ntoroko, Bunyangabu, Kyenjojo and Fort …
Read More »Court orders prisons to allow lawyers access pension scam convicts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal Justices have directed the Uganda Prison Services to allow lawyers representing four people convicted of theft of 15.4 billion shillings pension funds to access them in prison. The convicts who were handed sentences ranging from nine to 16 years by the …
Read More »Court quashes Sheikh Kamoga’s conviction for terrorism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction of Jamatil- Salafiya leader, Sheikh Yunus Kamoga and six Muslim leaders for terrorism. On Wednesday, Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo, Cheborion Barishaki and Elizabeth Musoke ruled that the ingredients of terrorism had not been proved beyond reasonable …
Read More »Court suspends UPC delegate’s conference
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has halted the Uganda People’s Congress-UPC delegates conference scheduled for August 1, 2020 pending the disposal of an appeal challenging Jimmy Akena’s leadership as party president. The three member panel of Court of Appeal justices issued the orders after lawyers …
Read More »Delay to dispose off election petitions attributed to shortage of judges
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delay by the Court of Appeal to dispose off election petitions has been attributed to limited manpower. There are seven election appeal petitions whose judgments are yet to be delivered out of the 126 that were filed from the 2016 general elections. According …
Read More »Employee not liable to clear loan if wrongfully fired – Court rules
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An employee whose loan is guaranteed by the employer to be recovered from their salary but is wrongfully dismissed from their job is not liable to pay the loan, the court has ruled. The Court of Appeal upheld an earlier ruling by the Industrial …
Read More »Court of Appeal overturns CMI officer’s acquittal for murder
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal judges have ordered for the immediate arrest of Major Joel Babumba, an operative attached to the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence. He is wanted to serve his punishment for the murder of his neighbor and peasant Moses Kazungu on July 31 …
Read More »Justice Ssekaana refuses to step down from case against EC chairperson
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Musa Ssekaana has declined to recuse himself from a case in which Electoral Commission chairperson; Justice Simon Byabakama is accused of failing to resign from the Court of Appeal. The applicants want court to issue a permanent injunction restraining Justice Byabakama from holding …
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