London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan judge has been jailed for six years and four months after being convicted of forcing a young Ugandan woman to work as a slave in Britain. Mugambe, a High Court judge, denied forcing the young woman to do household chores and claimed …
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COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | Dear Ugandan Policymakers, CEOs, Managers, and all those wielding power, Judge Lydia Mugambe’s conviction in the UK should be more than a headline. It should be a wake-up call. She, a judge of international standing, connived with Uganda’s former deputy high commissioner in London …
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Oxfordshire, UK | TVP MEDIA | Following an investigation by Thames Valley Police, a Ugandan High Court Judge and a UN Criminal Tribunal Judge has been convicted of immigration and modern slavery offences in Oxfordshire. Mugambe will be sentenced at the same court on 2 May. Lydia Mugambe, aged 49, of …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has remained tight-lipped on three female Judges who are embroiled in different issues in and outside the country. The three Judges include Supreme Court Lady Justice Esther Kisaakye who fled the country over what her lawyers at KBW Advocates said were threats to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is uncertainty at the Inspectorate of Government as the contracts of the two Deputy Inspectors-General of Government near the end. The country has been without a substantive Inspector General of Government (IGG) for close to eight months now, since the expiry of Justice Irene …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The suspected supreme commander of the Allied Democratic Forces Jamilu Mukulu has refused to take plea on charges of terrorism. This was before a panel of three Judges of the International Crimes Division of the High Court which has formally started hearing Mukulu’s case and 37 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High court has dismissed an application by city lawyer, Steven Kalali accusing Electoral Commission lawyers of forging his signature. Kalali ran to court accusing Eric Sabiiti and Hamidu Lugoloobi, both EC lawyers of forging his signature in a court document showing that he had consented …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Peter Ssematimba, the incumbent MP for Busiro South has defended his decision last year to sit for the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education [UACE] despite of a court ruling that said he had the requisite academic qualifications. Immediately after he was declared MP in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In an unprecedented suit, a city lawyer Steven Kalali has sued the Electoral Commission accusing them of forging of his signature to accept that prisoners would participate in voting in 2026 elections but not in 2021 as earlier ordered by court. In June 2020, High …
Read More »Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court of Uganda will be sitting inside Luzira Maximum Security Prison to try 38 terrorism suspects who include the suspected Allied Democratic Forces Commander, Jamil Mukulu who was extradited from Tanzania in 2015. A meeting on Monday that included International Crimes Division -ICD …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
