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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have confirmed the arrest of Retired Major Ronald Iduuli, the lawyer and member of Dr Kizza Besigye’s defence team, on charges related to threatening violence against his landlady. Retired Major Iduuli, was meant to join the defence team for Dr Kizza Besigye and Abed …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial, marking a pivotal moment in the case as he manages a war in Gaza and faces an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. Netanyahu faces charges of bribery, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to compensate Rebecca Mayanja Nalule with 35 million Shillings. Nalule was injured after falling into an open manhole along Jinja Road in Kampala about five years ago. According to the decision issued on …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has asked judges at the International Crimes Division of the High Court to dismiss an application demanding the court to order government to compensate victims of atrocities committed by convicted former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo. This follows …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has issued a production warrant directing Uganda Prisons Services to produce Retired Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye for the continuation of his trial on charges of inciting violence. The warrant was issued on Thursday by Senior Principal Grade One Magistrate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society-ULS President Isaac Ssemakadde has filed an application before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court seeking the dismissal of charges of insulting the modesty of a woman levied against him by two lawyers Joshua Byamazima and Tony Tumukunde. On  November, 22nd 2024, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of lawyers representing Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye and Hajji Obeid Lutaale stormed the office of Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo today, seeking clarity on the delayed judgment in the Attorney General’s appeal against a Constitutional Court decision that nullified the trial of civilians …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPEDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has issued criminal summons against former Rubaga Division Resident Deputy City Commissioner Herbert Anderson Burora after he failed to show up for the case in which he is accused of spreading malicious information. The summons were on Tuesday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial in Makindye has further remanded Retired Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Haji Obeid Lutale to Luzira Prison on charges of unlawful possession of ammunition and a firearm. The duo, who were arrested in Kenya, have been remanded until December 10, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Socialite Nasser Nduhukire commonly known as Don Nasser has claimed he was kidnapped while in Kenya in a case where he is battling charges of aggravated trafficking and defilement before the International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala. On Thursday, Don Nasser through his …