Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | The first South African to be jailed for racist slurs went to court on Wednesday in a bid to appeal her conviction and three-year jail sentence. Former realtor Vicki Momberg, 49, was last month sentenced to three years with one year suspended after being …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda Prisons Service is in talks with the Judiciary to allow them present high profile suspects before Court with their handcuffs on to prevent them from escaping. Dr Johnson Byabashaija, the Commissioner General of Prisons, says they cannot afford to continue losing high-profile suspects. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | A number of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have demanded a report from the Attorney General on implementation of the recommendations of the Supreme Court in the 2016 presidential election petition. The Supreme Court on March 31, 2016 dismissed a petition by former prime minister Amama …
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The parties to the suit represented by their lawyers and Mwine Mpakas lawyer, Fox Odoi agreed that both petition could be heard under the same judge. Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala will concurrently hear the suits in which Western MP, Mwine …
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Mbale, Uganda | URN | Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana has said that his team is ready to respond to issues raised by petitioners seeking to overturn the 2017 Constitutional Amendment, through which the cap on the Presidential age was lifted. Rukutana and his team have been at the Court …
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Mbale, Uganda | URN | A debate on whether the incumbent President should vacate Office when he clocks 75 years mid-term has emerged as the Constitutional Court hears a petition against the Constitution Amendment Bill 2017. Male Kiwanuka Mabirizi who is representing himself in the petition has threw another spanner …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A Local Council leader of Ntawo Village in Mukono District, Moses Male Byekwaso, who was recently implicated in grabbing acres of land belonging to the Church of Uganda in Mukono District, has appeared before the Land Probe Commission. Byekwaso was summoned to defend himself on …
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Mbale, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Hearing of the Constitutional Court petition challenging the amendment of Article 102(b) to remove presidential age limits resumed on Tuesday in Mbale. A panel of five judges led by the Deputy Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo heard the petitions at Mbale High Court. The other justices …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Buganda Road Court has granted bail five people accused of causing the death of a Finnish National at Pearl of Africa Hotel in Nakasero within Kampala city. Chief Magistrate James Eremye Mawanda Tuesday granted them bail on condition that four of them each pay ten …
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Luxembourg, Luxembourg | AFP | The EU’s top court on Tuesday backed the right of member states like France to ban a service by ridesharing firm Uber without notifying Brussels, in a fresh setback to the US giant. The European Court of Justice ruled in favour of France’s ban of …
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