Tag Archives: DPP

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana chief magistrate Kule Moses has allowed the directorate of public prosecution (DPP) to take over the torture case which Mityana MP Francis Zaake filed against six police officers in a private prosecution. The magistrate in his ruling stated that the constitution allows the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unfocused police investigations are affecting the dispensation of justice in Sexual and Gender Based Violence-SGBV cases, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Justice Jane Frances Abodo has revealed. She was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of one-day training for members of the Justice Law …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecutions -DPP has revealed that it’s going to demand for the case file in which two Ugandan judges, a lawyer and her husband were sanctioned by the US government for being involved in a child adoption scam. The file is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Edward Mashate, a Ugandan author based in United Kingdom has petitioned the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to expeditiously refer criminal proceedings against the Tourism Ministry for infringing on his copyright. In his July 22, 2020, letter to the Director of Public …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecution, Jane Abodo has dropped charges against Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament, Francis Zaake. The legislator was picked up from his residency in Buswabulongo in Mityana municipality on April 19, 2020 on accusations of distributing food contrary to Covid-19 prevention …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Public accounts committee of Parliament have flagged a suspicious record by the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) of Shillings 321m in rental arrears. The entry is recorded in the financial statement of the ODPP for the financial …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions has been granted more time to assess the evidence they intend to use against eight suspects accused of murdering former Police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi. They are: Abdu Rashid Mbaziira, Aramathan Higenyi, Bruhan Balyejusa, Shafiq Kasujja, Yusuf Nyanzi, Jibril …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID has submitted the file to the Director of Public Prosecution of two security personnel accused of shooting to death Eric Mutasiga, a primary school headteacher in Mukono district. Last month, Mutasiga, who was the headteacher of Merry Time Primary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legal Brains Trust, a Ugandan democracy and human rights watchdog has petitioned the East African Court of Justice challenging the appointment of Justice Jane Francis Abodo as the Director of Public Prosecutions. Jane Francis Abodo was appointed DPP by President Yoweri Museveni in March …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has appealed against the acquittal of former Makerere University Researcher Dr Stella Nyanzi on charges of offensive communication and cyber harassment. Last month, Justice Henry Peter Adonyo acquitted Nyanzi of the charges arguing that she was illegally convicted by …