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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Resident District Commissioner Joseph Erick Sakwa has filed a notice of appeal following a high court ruling directing him to vacate office. His decision comes a few hours after the Jinja High court Judge Jeanne Rwakakooko dismissed with costs an application filed by …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court in Jinja has dismissed with costs an application by Jinja Resident District Commissioner Joseph Erick Sakwa challenging his interdiction from office. Justice Jeanne Rwakakooko delivered the verdict this morning saying an interdiction is the first step towards disciplinary proceedings. She explained that …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The prosecution is yet to compile evidence against the interdicted Jinja Resident District Commissioner Erick Sakwa. Sakwa alongside Bumali Bazimbyewa and Mohammed Simba were last month charged with three counts of manslaughter, theft and malicious damage. They were later remanded to Kirinya prisons however, …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Erick Sakwa, the Resident District Commissioner of Jinja has secured an interim order to return to the office until an application challenging his interdiction is disposed off. Sakwa was interdicted on May 4, 2020, but declined to vacate office on account that the interdiction …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Resident District Commissioner Erick Sakwa has applied for a Judicial review of his interdiction. Sakwa was interdicted on May, 4 2020 but has since declined to vacate office on account the interdiction was fake and had loopholes in its delivery. The interdiction came days …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The embattled Jinja Resident District Commissioner, Erick Sakwa has been interdicted. His interdiction is contained in a May 4th, 2020 letter signed by Haji Yunus Kakande, a Secretary in the Office of the President. “ You are  hereby interdicted from your opposition as Resident …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Resident District Commissioner Erick Sakwa has been released on bail. Sakwa alongside and two others were charged with three counts of manslaughter, theft and malicious damage, stemming from the death of one Charles Isanga, a trader from Lwanda village in Mafubira sub county, …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The director of Jinja Regional Referral hospital Florence Tugumisirize has told journalists that the postmortem report which confirms that late Charles Isanga died as a result of blunt force trauma was not conducted at their mortuary. Isanga, a trader from Lwanda village in Mafubira …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy deployment of police and military personnel at Jinja Magistrates Court ahead of the appearance of area Resident District Commissioner Erick Sakwa who is facing charges of manslaughter, robbery and malicious damage. Court heard that Sakwa caused the death of one Charles Isanga …