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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application in which the Bukimbiri Member of Parliament, Eddie Kwizera, sought the arrest of Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama and a fine of Shillings 3 billion for contempt of court. The panel of the Constitutional Court Justices …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has allowed the Minister for Karamoja Affairs Mary Gorreti Kitutu Kimono to travel to the United Kingdom and Dubai. The Anti-Corruption Court Judge Lady Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga on Friday allowed Kitutu to travel following her partly successful application seeking …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Parliamentary Local Government Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have urged Jinja city authorities to consider negotiations instead of pursuing legal battles. They expressed concern about the increasing number of court cases faced by Jinja City, especially during the 2020/2021 financial year, which …

How former NSSF MD failed to read the room   Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Former Managing Director of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Richard Byarugaba on Sept. 27 made his latest attempt at getting back his old job: petitioning the High Court to quash the appointment of his successor …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has dismissed with costs an appeal in which Abdul Nasser Mukasa, who was a candidate in 2021 Makindye East LC5 Council race was challenging a bill of costs worth 8,778,000 million shillings filed against him by his rival and eventual …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court registrars have raised concern about the lack of respect from their fellow judicial officers at their respective stations. They conveyed these concerns through Chief Registrar Sarah Langa Siu during an ongoing four-day induction for recently appointed registrars, deputies, and assistant registrars at Collin …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Central Deputy Mayor Hanipher Mpungu has requested bail from the Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. According to the charges, between May and June 2022 while in Ntinda, Kampala district, Mpungu received Shillings 450 million from Grace …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has dismissed an application filed by David Livingstone Ebiru, the former Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), seeking to halt his trial on bribery charges until investigations by the Inspectorate of Government are completed. On Wednesday, the Anti-Corruption Division …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people, one from Congo and the other from Uganda, have earned themselves a six-year jail term after confessing to illegal possession of firearms. Sadiki Gashendure, 29, hailing from Bunagana town, Karambo chiefdom in Rutshuru region, North Kivu area of the Eastern Vote-based Republic of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has asked the Anti Corruption Court to dismiss an application in which the former Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards David Livingstone Ebiru is seeking to halt his trial on bribery charges until investigations are completed. The prosecution alleges that …