Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Congress- UPC faction under Peter Walubiri plans to issue a parallel road for their party primaries. This comes after the UPC faction led by Jimmy Akena, the Lira Municipality MP embarked on preparations for the 2021 elections last year with an update …
Read More »Museveni to judges: Don’t make rulings that will affect development
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked judges not to make rulings that will interfere with the development of projects. Museveni argued that such rulings will affect the development of the economy. Museveni made the remarks on Tuesday at the opening of the four day annual 22nd …
Read More »High Court quashes 10-year jail term handed to miraa dealer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Judge, Yasin Nyanzi has quashed a ten year sentence given to 23-year-old Peter Mayanja for trafficking in Catha-Edulis alias Miraa. Mayanja, a former clearing agent at Entebbe Airport, was picked up by Aviation police in 2016 and charged with Trafficking in psychiatric substance …
Read More »Court to rule next week on 3rd Kanyamunyu bail application
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has asked High Court Judge Yasin Nyanzi to uphold his earlier decision of denying Mathew Kanyamunyu bail. Kanyamunyu is accused of behind last year’s Lugogo shooting incident in which Social Worker Kenneth Akena died. Through State Attorney Immaculate …
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