Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, the Bardege-Layibi Division member of parliament has filed a notice with the Clerk to Parliament seeking the removal of Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake from the office of the Parliamentary Commission. “Pursuant to Rule 56 (1) and 110 of the Rules of Procedure …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of Opposition says that the involvement of Bardege-Layibi Division MP, Martin Ojara Mapenduzi in the ongoing probe into the conduct of Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake is of huge concern. Since the beginning of the 11th Parliament, Mapenduzi, an independent legislator …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament mainly from the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party are secretly signing a motion seeking to drop Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake from the Parliamentary Commission. Sources indicate that more than 200 legislators have already appended signatures on the document that is reportedly …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the High court has allowed an application seeking to replace Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament, Francis Zaake Butebi with his Ntenjeru South counterpart, Patrick Nsanja Kayongo as Muhammad Ssegirinya’s surety. Masaka High Court Judge Victoria Nakintu Nkwanga Katamba released the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake, has caused his Kawempe North counterpart Muhammad Ssegirinya to stay in jail. This is because Zaake committed himself to stand surety for Ssegirinya who is facing murder and terrorism charges but on Thursday, he was not …
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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 …
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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 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Francis Zaake, the Member of Parliament for Mityana Municipality has said his appointment as a Commissioner of Parliament is not a reward for his unwavering support to National Unity Platform-NUP President Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert, but a deployment to further the struggle for democracy in Uganda. …
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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 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform -NUP’s former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has filed 53 affidavits as evidence supporting his petition challenging the declaration of President Yoweri Museveni as winner of the January 14th polls. The affidavits include one by former Presidential candidate Joseph Kabuleta, Jinja …
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