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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court-ICC Appeals Chamber has fixed February 14 to 18, for hearing the oral submissions and observations on the appeal against the conviction and sentencing of Dominic Ongwen. The ICC sentenced the former Sinia Brigade Commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA, Ongwen on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The file of three people appealing their conviction for causing the government a financial loss of Shillings 24.7billion meant to upgrade the Katosi road has been returned to the Court of Appeal registrar for reallocation. The file has been returned by a three-member panel of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panel of three Court of Appeal Justices has reduced the 40-year jail term handed to city businessman Muhammad Ssebuwufu, and accordingly substituted it with an 18 year sentence for having murdered businesswoman Betty Donah Katusabe. In the same way, the panel comprising of Justice …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Charles Elem Ogwal, has revealed that their office is to use a new technique of anatomically detailed dolls to prosecute more than 700 cases of sexual and gender based violence effective October 25th, 2021. Anatomically detailed dolls are specifically …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court of Appeal in Kampala has acquitted Simon Rwakasama, a resident of Nsanga village in Nakasongola district, of arson after appealing twice against his conviction and sentence. Rwakasama was arrested and charged with the offence of arson contrary to section 327 (a) of the Penal …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction and 30 months’ jail term that was handed to Dr. Yovantino Akii Agel, the former medical superintendent and director of medical services at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. Dr. Akii Agel together with the former accountant of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Cultural Institution has criticized the recent conviction of former Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA rebel commander Dominic Ongwen. Ongwen who commanded the LRA’s Sinia Brigade was found guilty of 61 out of the 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for which he …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction of Jamatil- Salafiya leader, Sheikh Yunus Kamoga and six Muslim leaders for terrorism. On Wednesday, Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo, Cheborion Barishaki and Elizabeth Musoke ruled that the ingredients of terrorism had not been proved beyond reasonable …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of Kenneth Kaawe, a former head of Central Cash at the United Bank of Africa. Kenneth Kaawe was first convicted of embezzlement by the anti-corruption the court presided over by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire in 2011. The …