Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered the government and the Electoral Commission to allow Ugandans in Diaspora and those in prison to participate in elections. The order was issued this morning by Justice Lydia Mugambe, on the basis of a petition filed two years …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has upheld the two-year suspension of a lawyer Geoffrey Nangumya from legal practice. The panel comprising of Justices Lydia Mugambe, Musa Ssekaana and Henrietta Wolayo of the Civil Division ruled that Nangumya breached the Advocates professional code of conduct when he …
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Kampala, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has ordered for the reinstatement of Makerere University Research Fellow, Dr. Stella Nyanzi after it found that the institution was in contempt of it’s Staff Appeals Tribunal when it suspended her. On Thursday, High Court Civil Division Judge Lydia Mugambe ordered the …
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Kampala, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Civil Division has ordered Major General Elly Kayanja to pay businessman, Gerald Batte Shillings 255 million arising from a bogus land deal. Justice Lydia Mugambe issued the orders on Wednesday in her judgment on an application filed by Batte against Gen. Kayanja. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President Uganda Law Society, Simon Peter Kinobe has asked judicial officers to desist from unnecessary adjournment of cases. Kinobe made the appeal on Wednesday while presenting a paper at the 22nd Annual Judges Conference titled: “Discharging the mandate of the Judiciary: Towards a Modern …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has overturned the election of Ali Kyambadde as the LCI Chairperson of Sendawula Zone, Lungujja Parish in Rubaga Division. Justice Lydia Mugambe of Civil Division on Monday ruled that the elections conducted in Sendawula Zone in July 2018 were disrupted by chaos, commotion …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Lydia Mugambe has deferred the ruling in a case in which Stella Nyanzi is challenging her dismissal from Makerere University. Justice Mugambe of the High Court Civil Division postponed the ruling to November 8 after failure by Makerere University to produce key documents in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kololo based International Crimes Division of High Court was a scene of drama this afternoon during the re-arrest of four of the eight suspects charged with the murder of former Police Spokesperson, Andrew Felix Kaweesi. They are Yusuf Nyanzi, Jibril Kalyango , Joshua …
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