Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has issued a permanent injunction restraining the Uganda National Examinations Board from conducting examinations on any day coinciding with any of the relevant Muslim religious holidays like Idd Adhua or Idd El fitr in future. According to the Judgement of five Constitutional Court …
Read More »Sexual offences to dominate Masaka appeals criminal session
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Appeals against the convictions for aggravated defilement dominate the criminal appeals session by the Appellant Court scheduled to sit in Masaka city starting on April 19th, 2021. A statement from the Judiciary shows that the court will handle 22 appeals against conviction for aggravated defilement, …
Read More »East African court upholds Uganda’s age limit removal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panel of three Judges of the East African Court of Justice has upheld the removal of the lower and upper presidential age caps from the Constitution of Uganda. Ugandan citizen Male Mabirizi had petitioned the court challenging the decision by the constitutional and Supreme …
Read More »Muslim clerics were convicted of crimes they were never charged with
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three judges of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday issued a judgment quashing the sentencing of four Muslim clerics and two others over offences which were never included on the charge sheet. Judges Alfonse Owinyi-Dollo, who was until recently the Deputy Chief Justice, Elizabeth Musoke …
Read More »Constitutional court orders gov’t to compile audit on maternal health
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT The Constitutional Court has ordered the government to compile and submit to Parliament and court a full audit report on the status of maternal health in Uganda at the end of each of the next two financial years. The panel of five Judges who include Alfonse …
Read More »Court of appeal begins hearing criminal cases in Mbale via zoom technology
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acting Chief Justice Afonso Owinyi Dollo has officially opened the hearing of 40 criminal cases by the court of appeal sitting in Mbale. The cases are being heard through zoom technology due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The sessions which will last …
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