Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has issued criminal summons for Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda and Kampala Deputy Mayor Doreen Nyanjura for failing to appear in court on Wednesday. Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi has ordered them to appear on October 2, 2024. The summons …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded 24-year-old Kenneth Niwamanya to Luzira prison on charges of forging the signature of First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni. Niwamanya, a resident of Bulenga in Wakiso district, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi on Wednesday afternoon. The court …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mwanga 2 Magistrates Court has remanded Tabula Lujja, the prime suspect in the murder of Ndiga Clan head Daniel Bbosa Kakeedo, to Luzira Prison. Bbosa was gunned down near his home in Lungujja, a Kampala suburb, on February 24, 2024, by assailants on a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has reported significant achievements in mediation and case disposal. According to the judiciary, 847 cases were referred for mediation during the recent Settlement Week, resulting in 237 successful settlements. According to Zuraika Nanteza, the Deputy Registrar in charge of Alternative Dispute Resolution, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has temporarily halted the hearing of a corruption case involving three Members of Parliament. The MPs Lwengo District Woman MP Cissy Namujju Dionizia, Bunyole East MP Yusuf Mutembuli, and the Busiki County MP Paul Akamba are accused of soliciting a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lwemiyaga County MP, Theodore Ssekikuubo says the court ruling in the 1.7 billion shillings “service award” has not erased his censure motion against the Parliamentary Commissioners. Justice Douglas Karekona Singiza, of the Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala early on Tuesday ruled that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has granted cash bail of 50 million Shillings to three Members of Parliament facing corruption charges. Justice Lawrence Gidudu, presiding over the case, approved the bail on Monday after the legislators had spent 55 days in remand at Luzira Maximum …
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GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Court assessors have asked Judges at the International Crimes Division of the High Court to convict former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo alias Latoni over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. Three assessors offered their opinions to the trial panel on Friday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP has asked the Anti-Corruption Court to deny bail to three Members of Parliament who are facing corruption charges. The MPs are: Yusuf Mutembuli (Bunyole East), a resident of Bweyogerere Kirinya in Kira Municipality, Wakiso district, Paul Akamba (Busiki) resident of …
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GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Judges at the International Crimes Division of the High Court have convened a sitting at Gulu High Court to hear the opinions of assessors on the trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo. The session that was held on Friday is …
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