Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court has postponed the trial involving former State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, Agness Nandutu, who is facing charges of illegally receiving iron sheets meant for the vulnerable people of Karamoja. The trial has been rescheduled to June 12, 2025, following Nandutu’s recent family …
Read More »Kiteezi Disaster: CEHURD drags KCCA, NEMA to court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human rights advocacy organisation Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) has petitioned the Civil Division of the High Court over, among others, failure by the government to decommission the Kiteezi landfill promptly, violating settlers’ rights to a clean and healthy environment. In …
Read More »Nakawa Court orders continued detention of Dr. Besigye, Lutale
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has further remanded Dr. Kizza Besigye and Hajji Obeid Lutale to Luzira Prison until May 21, 2025, as investigations into treason and misprision of treason charges continue. Besigye and Lutale, alongside UPDF Captain Denis Oola, appeared on Wednesday before …
Read More »Court issues warrant against suspect in Pastor Kayanja sodomy case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mwanga 2 Magistrates Court has issued a warrant of arrest against Moses Tumwine, one of the accused persons in the case in which nine people are accused of giving false information to police, accusing Rubaga Miracle Centre Church’s lead Pastor Robert Kayanja of sodomy. …
Read More »Electoral Commission asks court to dismiss Nambi petition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has filed its defence in response to a petition by Faridah Nambi Kigongo, challenging the victory of Elias Nalukoola Luyimbazi in the Kawempe North by-elections. The Commission has denied all allegations of irregularities that were levied against it by Nambi. She …
Read More »EXPERT: Gunshot residue presence cannot be used to infer whether a person fired a gun
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government toxicologist Dr. Jaffer Kisitu on Thursday told the court, presided over by High Court Judge Justice Comfort Kania, that there is a minimum criterion for confirming the presence of gunshot residue (GSR), and if a sample does not meet that criterion, it will …
Read More »ULS: Reason to deny Besigye bail is speculative and unsupported by law
Reason to deny Besigye bail is speculative and unsupported by law KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has strongly criticized the High Court’s decision to deny bail to opposition figure Dr. Kizza Besigye and Hajji Obeid Lutaale, calling the court’s reasoning speculative and unsupported by …
Read More »Forensic Expert: ‘No gunshot residue on Molly Katanga’s right hand’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katanga trial resumed on Monday with the 13th state witness, Dr. Jaffar Kisitu, a forensic chemist with the Uganda Police Forensic Examination Department. Dr. Kisitu provided key forensic testimony that could play an important role in the trial of Molly Katanga, who is …
Read More »Anti-Corruption Court orders Mulago to examine Agnes Nandutu
NANDUTU: My medical condition is not as usual sickness as malaria or anything else but it keeps attacking, and that when the advice of her medical doctors is not adhered to, it can even kill Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has ordered Mulago National Referral …
Read More »Ugandan Diplomat’s wife remanded over murder
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Kanoheri Jolin Rugari, wife to Zimbabwe’s Honorary Consul in Uganda, Chris Rugari, to Luzira prison on charges of murdering their two-year-old son. Kanoheri was on Friday arraigned before the Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Frank Namanya and charged …
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