Buganda Road Court Grade One magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu will rule on November 8 whether former Old Kampala police station DPC Joram Mwesigye has an assault case to answer. Prosecution’s Patrica Cingitho says she has closed her case with seven witnesses and what is left is for court to weigh this …
Read More »OIL: Angolan lawyers pose landmark challenge to president
Luanda, Angola | AFP | A group of Angolan lawyers has filed a landmark petition challenging veteran leader Eduardo dos Santos’s nomination of his daughter, Africa’s richest woman, as the head of the national oil company. Isabel dos Santos was named head of troubled oil firm Sonangol in June in …
Read More »Court starts hearing Ssematimba, 96 other election petition appeals
The Court of Appeal has kicked off the first steps in hearing 97 election petition appeals filed by litigants dissatisfied with decisions of lower courts. This first step is called conferencing where lawyers of both parties agree on issues to be determined by court before the case file is forwarded to a panel …
Read More »DPP appeals widow acquittal in Kasiwukira murder case
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has appealed the acquittal and subsequent release of Sarah Nabikolo Ssebunya, widow to deceased businessman Eria Ssebunya Bugembe aka Kasiwukira. In the notice filed in Court of Appeal, the DPP says he is dissatisfied with the High Court decision that found Nabikolo innocent of her …
Read More »Rebel MPs dragged to court over sh8 trillion legal fees
Four law firms have dragged MPs Theodore Ssekikubo (Lwemiyaga), Barnabas Tinkasiimire (Buyaga West), Muhammad Nsereko (Kampala Central) and Wilfred Nuwagaba (Ndorwa West) to the High Court, accusing them of failing to pay sh8 trillion in legal fees. The said money arises out of representations and submissions made by Victoria Advocates and …
Read More »Son to slain Muslim cleric tells court father mentioned Sheikh Kamoga
A son to one of the slain Sheikhs Mustafa Bahiga has narrated to court how assailants attacked and shot at his father in the car at Bwebajja Mosque. This 18-year-old boy is a student at Mbogo College in Kawempe Division and the 6th prosecution witness in the murder trial of 14 people accused …
Read More »High Court grants Kabaziguruka bail
Kampala High Court Judge Yasin Nyanzi has granted bail to Nakawa Municipality MP Michael Kabaziguruka who faces treachery charges before the General Court Martial. Justice Nyanzi ordered Kabaziguruka to pay sh5 million in cash on top of signing a court bond of sh10m before he regained his freedom. The judge …
Read More »UPDF’s legal chief drags Gen.Sejusa back to court
Head of legal affairs in the UPDF Brig. Ramathan Kyamulesire has petitioned the Constitutional court, seeking to overturn a decision to release former Coordinator of Military Intelligence Gen. David Sejusa on bail, saying he still has criminal charges against him before the army court. On April 1, 2016 Justice Wilson Musene-Masalu …
Read More »VIDEO: Besigye flies to the US for private meeting
VIDEO: After being stopped early in the day as he attempted to go to court, former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye was later in the day allowed to leave his Kasangati home. He revealed he was heading to Entebbe airport for a trip abroad. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Sheikhs charged afresh in clerics murder trial
The 14 Muslim Sheikhs accused of masterminding the murder of several clerics were on Monday charged afresh before the International Crimes Division of the High court in Kampala. This after their pre-trial hearing last month in which the court confirmed charges of murder, terrorism and attempted murder, against them. Consequently the …
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