Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has launched three child friendly rooms in the districts of Kabale, Mbarara, and Masaka to serve as reception and holding spaces for child victims and witnesses before their appearance in court. Previously, judges and magistrates in the three districts used …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police has said at least 25 Ugandans are on the red list of International Criminal Police Organization- Interpol for committing transnational crimes. Charles Birungi, the acting director Uganda National Central Bureau commonly known as Interpol-Uganda told Uganda Radio Network (URN) in an exclusive interview …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | She was barely 17 years old when she went to work to pay a school fees debt after sitting her O level exams. Instead, when she asked for her pay after one month, she was arrested and charged with defiling a 4 year old boy in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrates Court has dismissed charges of promoting sectarianism against city businessman Moses Kalungi Kirumira commonly known as Bill Gates. Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu dismissed the charges saying that Kalungi was arraigned in court on the charges that had not …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High corruption levels, difficult systems and poor sensitization are hampering the implementation of asset recovery, officials in the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) have revealed. Asset recovery is a legally ordered process of seizing assets, property, or money that has been associated with criminal activity. In …
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Signs of Supreme Court appeal fight revealed Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A recent ruling of the Constitutional Court that it was unconstitutional for judges to be appointed to the Executive branch without first resigning their posts appears to have thrown a spanner in the workings of some government …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Museveni lawyer reacts on Kasango case ruling: Signs of Supreme Court appeal fight revealed THE LAST WORD Museveni’s economic management: What IMF figures on GPD growth in the world tell us about Uganda’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn charges against three Bank of Uganda officials who have been facing trial for having allowed an authorized cargo onto a chartered plane about two years ago. The officials who have been facing charges of corruption and abuse of …
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Constitutional Court ruled that any further appointment of a Judge to any other executive or Constitutional office prior to his or her resignation would render his or her actions invalid on account that the law is now well settled Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has unanimously ruled …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | “Even in death, Bob Kasango continues to set precedents. The Constitutional Court has agreed with him that appointment of a Judge/Judicial officer to perform executive functions such as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is unconstitutional,” said a Kampala lawyer Silver Kayondo after yesterday’s ruling. The …
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