Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Family Division of the High Court in Kampala has ruled that Lawyer Bob Kasango should be buried in Fort Portal, Kabarole District. He will now be buried on Sunday, the family confirmed. The lawyer succumbed to heart-related complications almost a month ago …
Read More »My focus is on next election –Minister Tumwesigye
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye, says that he isn’t bothered by the Constitutional Court judgment nullifying his election since his focus is on the 2021 general elections. On Friday, the Constitutional Court overturned the election of six Members of Parliament in …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Judgment day yet to be set as age limit hearings end
Judgment day yet to be set as age limit hearings end Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | On the night of April.19, Deputy Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny – Dollo and other constitutional Court judges Cheborion Barishaki, Remmy Kasule, Kenneth Kakuru and Elizabeth Musoke concluded hearings into the consolidated age limit petitions promising …
Read More »Sedition judgment victory for all
By Andrew M. Mwenda Last week, the Constitutional Court declared the sedition law unconstitutional. The judgment marked a major and symbolic watershed in Uganda’s democratisation process. For almost a century, the law of sedition has been used by successive regimes in Uganda to stifle free speech. Although introduced by the …
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