Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Heavy weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko is out on bond after spending almost a week in custody at Jinja Road police station. His lawyer Phillip Munaaba says Ssekitoleko was released this morning after presenting two sureties including his aunt, Pauline Nakasaga and brother Isma Mawanda. Ssekitoleko’s brother …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Phillip Munaaba has petitioned the High Court in Kampala demanding the unconditional release of Julius Ssekitoleko. The 20-year old weightlifter is locked up at Jinja road police station where he was detained on his return from Japan on July 23rd 2021, following his …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko is still held at Jinja road police station days after he was deported back to Uganda from Japan. 20 year-old Ssekitoleko was on Friday deported from Japan where he was driven from Entebbe and ended up in the Jinja road police …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is working with the Japanese government to apprehend a Ugandan weightlifter who escaped from the Olympic village facilities in Izumisano, Osaka. Okello Oryem, minister of state in charge of international affairs said this while meeting Fukuzawa Hidemoto, the Japanese ambassador to Uganda who had …
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