Tag Archives: Eron Kiiza

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake has through his lawyers questioned the jurisdiction of the ongoing probe into his conduct. This is in line with the investigations by the Rules, Privileges and Discipline committee into Zaake’s alleged misconduct and use of unparliamentary language on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has asked Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court to release him on bail to enable him seek treatment for torture injuries. Kakwenza appeared before the court presided over by the Chief Magistrate Dr Douglas Singiza through a zoom link connection to Kitalya …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Solicitor General has written to the Makindye Chief Magistrates Court seeking a certified copy of proceedings that directed the court to unconditionally release novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. In the letter dated January 6, 2022, Christine Kaahwa while writing on behalf of the Solicitor General says …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija are demanding his unconditional release. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network on Wednesday, the lawyers from Kiiza and Mugisha Advocates led by Eron Kiiza said, Kakwenza was arrested on Tuesday at around 4pm from his home in Kisaasi, a Kampala city …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | COVID-19 mandates including vaccination and standard operating procedures should be enforced by authorities while knowing that there are people whose natural immune system is strong enough to beat the pandemic, experts have said. The government of Uganda continues to encourage Ugandans to go for COVID-19 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has appealed against an order directing the government to compensate Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake with 75 million Shillings for the torture inflicted on him while in state custody. The order was issued by High Court Judge Esta Nambayo on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers have petitioned the High Court in Kampala demanding the unconditional release of 25 children who were picked by security operatives from Luwero district. In an application filed before the Kampala Civil Division, the lawyers from Kiiza and Mugisha Company Advocates have sued the Director …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered the government to compensate  Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake with 75 million Shillings for the torture inflicted on him while in state custody. The order issued by Justice Esta Nambayo arises from a case in which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake has protested the delayed ruling in the case in which he sued the government and eight police officers seeking compensation for torture.  Zaake who was on Tuesday afternoon at the High Court Civil Division together with his lawyer Eron Kiiza …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has rejected government’s defense in a suit in which Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake is seeking compensation for torture inflicted on him in state custody. Civil Division High Court Judge Esta Nambayo rejected the evidence on Wednesday morning after the …