Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has sued former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu for obtaining a driving permit by false pretense. This follows Mabiriz’s letter to the Chief Licensing Officer of Motor Vehicles under the Ministry of Works and Transport seeking certified copies of the signed application …
Read More »DPP withdraws charges against Kyagulanyi in University registration case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn charges of obtaining registration by false pretense against National Unity Platform Party President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. In 2021, lawyer Male Mabirizi accused Kyagulanyi of having been admitted at Makerere University to pursue a Diploma in …
Read More »Mabirizi challenges URA’s decision requiring land buyers to have TIN
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking to quash the directive by the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA, requiring buyers and sellers of land worth 10 Million Shillings or more to have a tax identification number (TIN). According to URA, the requirement is …
Read More »DPP not interested in prosecuting Pastor Bugingo over new marriage
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP is not interested in prosecuting Pastor Aloysius Bugingo over his new marriage to Susan Makula Nantaba, according to the Chief State Attorney of Entebbe. Bugingo who is the House of Prayer Ministries lead pastor allegedly married Makula under customary law …
Read More »Police commence investigations into Kyagulanyi’s university registration case file
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police Force has started inquiring into the circumstances under which the former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu obtained his Diploma in Music, Dance and Drama at Makerere University. The investigations stem from an order issued by the Law Development Centre Magistrates Court directing the Director …
Read More »DPP takes over Kyagulanyi’s university registration case file
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions has taken over a case in which former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu is accused of having fraudulently obtained false registration at Makerere University. The case was initially filed by lawyer Male Mabirizi as a private prosecutor. Mabirizi petitioned the Law …
Read More »Court issues criminal summons against Kyagulanyi over false registration
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Law Development Centre Court in Kampala has summoned National Unity Platform President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu requiring him to appear in court and take plea on charges of obtaining false registration at Makerere University. The summons issued by Grade One Magistrate Augustine Alule require Kyagulanyi …
Read More »Court asked to summon Kyagulanyi for obtaining false registration
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked the Law Development Centre Magistrates Court to issue criminal summons to National Unity Platform President Robert Kyagulanyi, requiring him to appear and take a plea on charges of obtaining false registration at Makerere University. Kyagulanyi graduated from Makerere University about …
Read More »Kenyan gov’t asks court to dismiss Mabirizi’s application in maize case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General of Kenya has asked the East African Court of Justice to dismiss an application by a Ugandan lawyer Male Mabirizi seeking to strike out their defense for having been submitted out of the stipulated time. This is in the case filed against …
Read More »Don’t disclose oil pipeline agreement contents, solicitor general warns government
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Solicitor General Francis Atoke has advised government not to disclose contents of the documents related to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project to third parties because they contain confidential information. The Solicitor General reveals this in his advice dated August 4th, 2021, to …
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