Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State prosecutors have told Buganda Road Magistrates Court that they have not yet received a typed copy of proceedings in the offensive communication case against lawyer Male Mabirizi. Robert Rutaro Muhairwe accuses Mabirizi of using his social media platforms to abuse Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana. …
Read More »Lawyer Mabirizi asks high court to cancel Pastor Bugingo’s bail
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi currently in prison, has asked the High Court to cancel Pastor Aloysious Bugingo’s bail. This is after Entebbe Chief Magistrate Juliet Nakitende rejected Mabirizi’s request for canceling Bugingo’s bail on January 25. The Kampala High Court Criminal Division will hear Mairizi’s application …
Read More »DPP asks to take over Mabirizi’s offensive communication case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions has applied to Buganda Road Magistrates Court to take over the case of offensive communication instituted against embattled city lawyer Male Mabirizi. Counsel Robert Rutaro Muhairwe instituted the charges against Mabirizi by way of private prosecution. He accused him of …
Read More »Mabirizi petitions Judicial Service Commission to remove Justice Madrama from office
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Judicial Service Commission seeking to remove Court of Appeal/Constitutional Court Judge Christopher Izama Madrama from office because of being incompetent and biased. According to Mabirizi, on February 11th 2022, he filed an application for stay of execution against …
Read More »Court dismisses Male Mabirizi’s appeals, sent back to Kitalya prison
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi has today lost two applications to the government and ordered by the High Court Civil Division Judge Boniface Wamala to pay costs on both cases. One application sought an interim stay of execution of the order issued by Civil Division Judge …
Read More »Lawyer Mabirizi loses application to block arrest
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Division High Court Judge Boniface Wamala has dismissed an application by city lawyer Male Mabirizi, for interim orders to stay his arrest for contempt of court. Justice Wamala delivered the verdict on Monday afternoon, saying the application had been overtaken by events since the matter …
Read More »Court summons lawyer Male Mabirizi on fresh charges
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has summoned jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi to appear in court and take plea on charges related to offensive communication. In the summons, Mabirizi is required to appear in court on March 7th, 2022 to answer charges of offensive communication, …
Read More »Justice Musa Ssekaana recuses himself from Mabirizi’s cases
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Judge Musa Ssekaana has stepped down from hearing four applications filed by lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi, seeking to set aside a decision to send him to prison for contempt of court. Ssekaana issued an order for the arrest of Mabirizi on February 15, 2022, …
Read More »Court of Appeal dismisses Mabirizi’s application for temporary freedom
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal in Kampala has dismissed an application by city lawyer Male Mabirizi seeking to be released from prison pending an appeal challenging the 18-month sentence given to him for contempt of court. In a decision by the Court of Appeal Justice Christopher …
Read More »Lawyer Ssemakadde asks court to release Mabirizi pending appeal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human rights lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde has asked the Court of Appeal to temporarily release Male Mabirizi from prison pending the determination of his appeal challenging the 18-month sentence handed to him for contempt of court. He made the request when Mabirizi’s application for stay execution …
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