Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commercial Division High Court Registrar Flavia Nabakooza, has summoned the former Prime Minister Patrick Amama Mbabazi to file his defence in relation to allegations of failure to pay rent. “You are hereby required to file a defence in the said suit within fifteen(15) days …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Majority of the grounds, upon which Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the President of the National Unity Platform is seeking to overturn last month’s election results are a replica of a similar petition filed by Former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, five years ago. The petition challenging the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 154 elders in Kigezi sub-region under their association “Banyakigezi Elders Forum (BEF)” are locked in a bitter fight over the sale of a house bought using reward cash President Yoweri Museveni gave for their role in mediating between him and former prime minister Amama Mbabazi. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT Christopher Aine has picked presidential nominations forms at the Electoral Commission. Aine arrived at Electoral Commission offices on Jinja road exactly 12:45pm on Monday dressed in an African shirt and khaki pair of trousers. Together with his driver and right hand man, they matched to the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Christopher Aine, the former body guard of ex-premier Amama Mbabazi has been released on bail. Aine who is facing charges related to obstructing police officers together with four others was released on Monday on a cash bail of two million shillings by Buganda Road …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Christopher Aine, the former body guard of ex-premier, Amama Mbabazi has pleaded guilty to charges of obstructing police officers on duty. Aine appeared before Buganda Grade One Magistrate, Stella Maris Amabilis Wednesday afternoon where he was jointly charged with five others. They are Daniel …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was commotion in the city center yesterday morning when Christopher Aine, the former body guard of ex-prime minister, Amama Mbabazi staged a protest for being jobless. Aine, who was accompanied with two others, was holding a sharp knife, saying he is unable to fend …
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The good and the bad from government’s tabled amendments Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The demand for electoral reforms in Uganda has been a persistent cry from the opposition and civil society for over ten years with each election cycle prompting a new call for the government to introduce …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Solicitor General Francis Atoke has asked the Supreme Court for more time in the case challenging failure by the government to implement Electoral Reforms. Atoke on Wednesday told a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court Justices led by Stella Arach Amoko that they were …
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Ramaphosa son marries Amama Mbabazi’s niece Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Glamour, pomp, colour and a seamless fusion of two African traditions were on show as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s son, Andile, got introduced by his Ugandan fiancée, Bridget Birungi, at a traditional marriage ceremony known as “Kuhingira” on …
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