Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP leaders in Masaka city have petitioned the Electoral Commission over intimidation and interference of security personnel in the ongoing exercise to compile the voters register ahead of women’s elections. The NUP leadership has asked the Electoral Commission to reign over what …
Read More »Supreme Court upholds Kato Kajubi’s life sentence
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence handed to businessman Godfrey Kato Kajubi for masterminding the ritual murder of a 12-year-old boy, Joseph Kasirye. In 2012, the then Masaka High Court Judge Mike Chibita convicted Kasirye for masterminding the ritual sacrifice of Kasirye. He …
Read More »Court rejects retrial of murder case against businessman Kato Kajubi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka High Court has rejected the retrial of Godfrey Kato Kajubi. In 2012, the High Court convicted Kajubi, after he was found guilty of procuring the murder of Joseph Kasirye, an offence he is said to have committed together with a local witchdoctor Umar Kateregga …
Read More »Police officers in Masaka on the spot for starving suspects
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Masaka district is on the spot for allegedly starving suspects while under detention. In a petition to the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, a social rights activist Joseph Kasirye wants the MPs to probe into reports of violation of suspects rights while …
Read More »MPs irked by undocumented human rights violations in Masaka
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farouk Nyede, the Principal Human Rights Officer in charge of greater Masaka sub-region is on the sport for failing to document and violations that occurred in the area during the recent general election. Nyende was on Thursday appearing before the Human Rights Committee of Parliament …
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