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How every action taken by Besigye since his arrest has played into the president’s hands THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Since he was abducted from Nairobi, Dr. Kizza Besigye has been involved in a series of tactical battles in court. Yet each victory he has secured has left his strategic …

The prosecution wanted application to be heard today, but the defense lawyers led by Frederick Mpanga and Erias Lukwago objected, saying that they were served on Thursday and that their clients haven’t gotten an opportunity to look through it. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Monday 24th February, John Lubega Nsamba traveled to Kigali Rwanda attend the Appellate Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ). The court was hearing an appeal filed civil society organization challenging the decision of the Court’s First Division on case against …

AIGP Lawrence Nuwabiine calls for designated magistrate courts to try errant drivers Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Lawrence Nuwabiine, the Director of Traffic Police, has revealed plans to engage with the judiciary to establish specialized traffic magistrate courts, arguing that traffic offenders …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has denied businesswoman Molly Katanga bail for the third time. Despite her legal team’s arguments that her health is deteriorating and that she remains, in law, an unconvicted citizen, Justice Rosette Comfort Kania ruled on Thursday that the seriousness …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the President of the National Unity Platform-NUP has called upon people from across the world to continue exerting pressure on the government of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to release Dr Kizza Besigye. Besigye a four-time challenger to Museveni has been in …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has directed lawyers representing detained lawyer Eron Kiiza to file written submissions in his bid for release from prison. Kiiza is currently serving a nine-month sentence handed down by the Court Martial. On Wednesday, Civil Division Judge Dr. Douglas …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded five women on charges of being a common nuisance. They are: Kampala City Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura, Ingrid Turinawe, Faridah Nangonzi, Shadiya Namubiru  and Phionah Kabayinza. The group which was wearing blue and white T-shirts with …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded another official from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning on charges of conspiring with eight others to cause the government a financial loss through the manipulation of payment systems. On Tuesday, the Court presided over by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has awarded Kasese National Unity Platform Party Registrar  Samuel Busindi Masereka with 30 million shillings as compensation for torture. In his decision delivered on Friday, the Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana ordered the government which was jointly sued with …