Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal is set to hear 25 criminal appeals from July 22 to July 24, 2024. The three-day session, presided over by Justices Fredrick Martin Stephen Egonda-Ntende, Cheborion Barishaki, and Dr. Asa Mugenyi, will address a range of criminal cases. According to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The constitutional court has quashed Rule 8(2) and 3 of the Judicature Small Claims Procedure Rules of 2011, which bars advocates from small claims proceedings. A panel of five Constitutional court Judges led by Justice Fredrick Egonda Ntende has unanimously ruled that the provisions …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has issued a permanent injunction restraining the Uganda National Examinations Board from conducting examinations on any day coinciding with any of the relevant Muslim religious holidays like Idd Adhua or Idd El fitr in future. According to the Judgement  of five Constitutional Court …
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Kampala, Uganda |Â THE INDEPENDENT | Â Â A panel of five Constitutional Court Judges has dismissed a petition in which former West Budama North MP Fox Odoi was challenging a section under the Advocates Act which blocks lawyers from advertising their services. The petition which was filed in 2013, on grounds …
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Kampala, Uganda |Â THE INDEPENDENTÂ Â The Constitutional Court has ordered the government to compile and submit to Parliament and court a full audit report on the status of maternal health in Uganda at the end of each of the next two financial years. The panel of five Judges who include Alfonse …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTÂ |Â Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking an interim order to block the mass ground rent collection exercise by the Buganda Land Board. The exercise which was launched on Friday requires all tenants on the Kabaka’s land to pay rent as set by …
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