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Hearing of the corruption case against embattled Minister of State for Labour Herbert Kabafunzaki together with his political assistant Brian Mugabo and an interior designer one Bruce Lubowa has been fixed for June 28 before the Anti-Corruption Court. This after Prosecution’s Maxim Erizooba informed court Thursday that investigations in this …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  South Africa’s highest court weighed Monday whether lawmakers can cast secret ballots in a no-confidence vote in President Jacob Zuma, who faces growing criticism within the ruling ANC. Several hundred protesters marched to the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg in the latest demonstrations against Zuma, …

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ordered the trial of four suspects in the Maj. Muhammad Kiggundu and Sergeant Stephen Mukasa murder trial, to be taken before the International Crimes Division of the High Court. The accused; Sheikh Yahaya Mwanjje,  Muhammad Buyondo, Ssekandi Musa and Ssendegeya Abdul Wahab had …

  Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  A Ugandan court ordered the release on bail Wednesday of a prominent academic charged after she called President Yoweri Museveni a “pair of buttocks” in a Facebook post. Outspoken university lecturer Stella Nyanzi, 42, who had been detained for more than a month, collapsed …

Makerere University Researcher and social activist Dr. Stella Nyanzi has been granted bail. A visibly ill looking Dr Stella was earlier brought to Buganda Road Court for a hearing in which her lawyers responded to the state’s application to inquire into her mental status, and applied for bail. Nyanzi  was arrested on …

Three Justices of Court of Appeal today made three key rulings in regard to ongoing Uganda parliamentary election petitions.  They confirmed the election of  FDC’s Sizomu Gershom Rabbi, NRM’s Bishop Patrick Okabe and Ernest Kiiza. MP Rabbi confirmed Three Justices of Court of Appeal have confirmed the election of FDC’s Sizomu …

  Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Thirteen men accused of involvement in the murder of high-ranking police officer Andrew Kaweesi and two aides appeared in court Friday, with some claiming they had been tortured while in detention. Some of the suspects were limping heavily as they arrived at the magistrates’ …

The Court of Appeal on Thursday confirmed Kenneth Soyekwo Cheborion as the validly elected MP for  Tingey County in Kapchorwa District. This after three Justices including Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma, Elizabeth Musoke and Paul Mugamba dismissed an election appeal filed by Dr. Steven Chebrot on grounds that he has …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  A South African High Court Thursday ordered President Jacob Zuma to reveal the documents he used to justify the controversial sacking of a widely respected finance minister, sparking economic turmoil. The main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) went to court to force Zuma to explain …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | A Swiss court has ruled that the remains of Burundi’s deposed king Mwambutsa IV, who died 40 years ago, must stay in Switzerland, ending a drawn out legal battle, local media reported Tuesday. Mwambutsa led Burundi at independence from Belgium in 1962, but was deposed …