New York, United States | AFP | Martin Shkreli, once dubbed the most hated man in America for ratcheting up the price of an HIV drug, was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday on charges of defrauding investors. The disgraced former pharmaceutical executive and hedge fund manager was convicted in …
Read More »Kipoi charged in Court and remanded to Luzira Prison
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Former Bubulo county Member of Parliament Tony Kipoi Nsubuga was Friday charged before Nakawa Magistrate Court, with attempted Human trafficking of over 20 people from Bukedea District to the DR. Congo. Kipoi was produced before Chief Magistrate Jamson Karemani, and pleaded not guilty to the …
Read More »Court halts Dr. Stella Nyanzi’s criminal trial
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Buganda Road Court has stayed the criminal trial of Makerere University Senior Reseacher Dr.Stella Nyanzi, accused of cyber harassment and offensive communication against the person of the president, until the Constitutional Court has disposed of and given guidance on the petition she filed last year. …
Read More »Man jailed for failure to pay hotel bills
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Kampala City Hall Court has remanded a man for failure to pay food and drinks worth sh240,000 at a newly opened Kampala hotel, Skyz. Brian Banya appeared before Grade One Magistrate Beatrice Kainza Wednesday and pleaded guilty to the offence of obtaining credit by fraud. …
Read More »Witness tells court that treason suspects implicated Dr. Kiyingi in rebel activities
Kampala,Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The High Court in Kampala Monday heard that several suspects confessed that Austrian based cardiologist Dr. Aggrey Kiyingi was supporting rebel activities of the Allied Democratic Force, under the leadership of captured Jamil Mukulu. This during the hearing of the treason case against 19 people including Dr. Kiyingi’s …
Read More »Tanzanian loses appeal to block EPA’s
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice has dismissed an appeal filed by Castro Pius, a Tanzanian national, seeking to block the East African Community from signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. The Court said the appellant’s conduct in seeking to …
Read More »Egypt court voids rulings on Saudi island transfer
Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Egypt’s constitutional court on Saturday voided contradictory lower court rulings on the controversial transfer of two islands to Saudi Arabia, state media reported. The ruling on the transfer of the Tiran and Sanafir islands in the Red Sea, which sparked protests in Egypt, effectively ends …
Read More »THIS WEEK: South Sudan Court sentences South African ex- colonel to death
THIS WEEK: South Sudan Court sentences South African ex- colonel to death Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Feb.23, Court in South Sudan sentenced a South African ex-colonel to a punishment of death by hanging after he was convicted of trying to bring down the government, a sentence that can …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Justice Lillian Tibatemwa elected to International Court
THIS WEEK: Justice Lillian Tibatemwa elected to international Court Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following an International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) vote conducted between December and January, Supreme Court judge, Justice Lillian Tibatemwa Ekirikubinza has been awarded a five year term to work as a commissioner at the International Court …
Read More »Man who plotted acid attack on Kampala city lawyer remanded
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A man said to be involved in a second acid attack against city lawyer David Tebusweke Mayinja last month, has been arraigned before Buganda Road Court and charged with conspiracy to murder and attempting to commit a felony. Nuhu Isha a driver and resident …
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