Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo, has requested to be transferred from Luzira Maximum Prison to Gulu prison. His lawyer Evans Ochieng, told the court on Monday that the suspect wants to serve his remand near home to enable his family members to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ruhinda South Member of Parliament Retired Captain Dononzio Mugabe Kahonda has petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking to block the Electoral Commission from determining any complaint seeking to nullify his nomination as the NRM flag bearer for Ruhinda South Constituency Court. In September, a voter from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has dismissed a bail application filed by a former MTN employee Joshua Magombe. Magombe was in 2015 sentenced to nine years in jail for unauthorized access to mobile money agent lines. Magombe and five others gained access to the MTN mobile money system …
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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 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing Bernhard Glanser, the German/Belgian national who was accused of molesting Ugandan girls believe that his life was cut short by negligence and insensitivity in Uganda’s judicial system. The legal team led by Evans Ochieng says that the matter of Glaser’s waning health …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bernhard Glaser, a German national who has been facing charges of aggravated child trafficking has died. According to his lawyer Evans Ochieng, Glaser died on Thursday morning from Luzira Prisons. Glaser, also known as Berry, was on Wednesday granted A cash bail of 30 million Shillings by Kampala …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has deferred the hearing of the bail application by the Jinja Resident District Commissioner Eric Sakwa to Wednesday. Sakwa and two others were on Friday last week charged with manslaughter, robbery and malicious damage and remanded to Kirinya prisons until May 13th. On Monday, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The whereabouts of Dr Ismail Kalule remain unknown since both the army and Police have denied arresting him. Plain clothed armed men reportedly picked up Dr Kalule from his Clinic at Aldina Mosque in Old Kampala on Saturday afternoon, according to his lawyer, Evans …
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