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Tag Archives: Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu

DPP asks court to take over prosecution of chief Justice Owiny-Dollo

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions has asked the Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate to take over the private criminal proceedings against Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo.  The proceedings were instituted by lawyer Male Mabirizi on Monday arising from Owiny-Dollo’s conduct on March 18th and 19th 2021 …

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Supreme Court gives detailed ruling today and tomorrow

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Supreme Court has fixed Wednesday and Thursday to deliver its detailed rulings on two applications arising from the presidential election petitions filed by National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on the application, in which …

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Kyagulanyi calls for peaceful protests

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The former National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has rallied Ugandans to protest peacefully, saying it is their constitutional right. Kyagulanyi who addressed a press conference on Facebook viewed by at least 23,000 people on Sunday evening said that although they had gone …

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Kyagulanyi rallies families of abduction victims for support

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The former Presidential Candidate of the National Unity Platform-NUP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi wine has called upon the families of abducted victims to be ready and join him anytime once he rises to demand freedom of their relatives. Kyagulanyi  made the remarks  during a …

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WITHDRAWAL: The six reasons Bobi Wine has given court

Kyagulanyi officially applies to supreme court to withdraw presidential election petition Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The former National Unity Platform-NUP Party presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has formally applied to the Supreme Court asking to withdrawal his presidential election petition. His lawyers, led by Medard Lubega Sseggona filed the application …

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City lawyer Steven Kalali sues gov’t over battered journalists

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Human Rights lawyer, Steven Kalali has petitioned the High Court seeking justice on behalf of the journalists who were battered recently by military police officers. The attorney general is the only respondent to the suit filed before the High Court Civil Division.   In his …

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Human rights body wants journalists compensated for torture

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda Human Rights Commission wants the security agencies responsible for the officers who beat up journalists at the UN Human Rights Commission office last week to compensate them for the inhumane and degrading treatment they subjected them to.  The UHRC condemned the actions of …

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