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Court orders DPP to commit Nicholas Opiyo for trial

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption High Court Judge Lawrence Gidudu has given the Directorate of Public Prosecutions seven days to have committed Chapter Four Director, Nicholas Opiyo to face trial on charges of money laundering. Gidudu said he will dismiss the charges against Opiyo if he is not …

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DPP drops corruption charges against OPM senior officials

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecutions has dropped corruption related charges against the former Permanent Secretary Christine Guwatudde Kintu, and other senior officials in the Office of the Prime Minister. Guwatudde was arrested by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit in April last year and charged jointly …

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DPP opposes bail for Katumba Wamala shooting suspect

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecution-DPP has asked the High Court Criminal Division to deny bail to one of the suspects charged with the murder of the daughter and driver to the Works and Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala. It is alleged that Sheikh Yusuf Siraji …

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DPP advises police to release suspects on minor cases

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions Jane Frances Abodo has advised police to release on bond all suspects arrested for minor offences. This is part of the standard operating procedures-SOPs for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution-DPP during the second wave of the coronavirus …

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DPP asks court to uphold Ssebuwufu’s jail term

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecutions-DPP has asked the Court of Appeal to uphold the 40-year jail term that was handed to the proprietor of Pine Car bond Muhammad Ssebuwufu for the murder of businesswoman Betty Donah Katusabe. Ssebuwufu was in 2019 convicted by the Retired …

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DPP launches more child friendly rooms in Uganda

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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25 Ugandans on Interpol red notice

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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DPP withdraws defilement case against teenage girl

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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