Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legal Brains Trust, a Ugandan democracy and human rights watchdog has petitioned the East African Court of Justice challenging the appointment of Justice Jane Francis Abodo as the Director of Public Prosecutions. Jane Francis Abodo was appointed DPP by President Yoweri Museveni in March …
Read More »High Court crimes division strives to solve case backlog by December 2020
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Head of the Crimes Division of the High court has said that case backlog will be no more by the end of next year. The criminal division that had more than 150,000 cases now has 922 cases waiting to be heard. The …
Read More »Mowzey Radio death: Troy Wamala jailed 14 years for manslaughter
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Jane Francis Abodo has sentenced Godfrey ‘Troy’ Wamala to 14 years in jail over the death of singer Moses Sekibogo alias Mowzey Radio. Wamala was on Monday found guilty of manslaughter. In her judgment at Entebbe High court Justice Abodo, noted that prosecution …
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