Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Judge Wilson J. Kwesiga has today issued criminal summons against two police officers after they failed to appear in court for the second time. The police officers identified as detective AIP Francis Katega and Corporal Viola Nambi, are currently attached to Kyengera and Kabalagala …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 21 year old housemaid stands accused of committing murder and violent robbery. She is accused of murdering and robbing her employer, Phionah Tumusiime’s properties worth 12.6 million Shillings. Kahmiati Namaganda and others at large allegedly robbed Tumusiime’s two smartphones, three suitcases containing clothes, hair weaves, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | She was barely 17 years old when she went to work to pay a school fees debt after sitting her O level exams. Instead, when she asked for her pay after one month, she was arrested and charged with defiling a 4 year old boy in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 38-year old man in Entebbe has been jailed 20 years for aggravated defilement. Noah Kyeyune is accused of defiling a girl aged 11 years in Zana in Makindye-Ssabagabo municipality. According to prosecution, Kyeyune defiled the victim a pupil at Elton Junior School in Zana …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court judge Wilson Kwesiga has today sentenced Dennis Abeine to 20 years in jail on charges of aggravated defilement. Justice Kwesiga says that the sentence is meant to punish Abeine and also deter other would be offenders from committing aggravated defilement. “Even though there …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minor offenders in remand homes will no longer travel to court for trial. The Justice Law and Order Sector-JLOS has decided to conduct court sessions at remand homes to avoid exposing the minor offenders to COVID-19 infection while seeking justice. Jane Stella Ogwang, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lawyers of jailed former Security Minister, Lt. General Henry Tumukunde have filed an application asking High Court in Kampala to ease the conditions set for his bail. Tumukunde was remanded to Luzira Prisons in March this year after he was charged with treason …
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