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VIDEO: Mathew Kanyamunyu seeks bail again Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA |  The High court in Kampala sat yesterday to hear another application for bail filed by Mathew Kanyamunyu , who is accused of the shooting of a social worker Kenneth Akena in November. Justice Yasin Nyanzi, who is one …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Prosecution handling the murder case of 20 people suspected to have killed former AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi, his body guard Kenneth Erau and driver Godfrey Wambewa on Wednesday informed court that police investigations into the case are still at an infant stage. State prosecutor Rachael Nabwiire told presiding Grade …

NALUFENYA: Court orders Kaweesi suspects to get private medical checks Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  High Court judge Margret Oguli-Oumo has ordered that the 19 people arrested on suspicions of murdering former AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi be immediately subjected to an independent medical examination to ascertain their torture allegations while in custody at Nalufenya. Justice Oguli ruled that the African Center …

Kampala, Uganda| GODFREY SSALI | ​Hearing of an application filed by 19 people arrested in connection with the murder of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi, seeking medical examination for the injuries allegedly sustained as a result of the Nalufenya detention torture, has been heard by High court Judge Magret Oguli Oumo. Their …

Relatives of Kaweesi murder suspects locked outside court Relatives of the 20 people arrested in connection to the murder of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi turned rowdy after being blocked from accessing Nakawa Court premises to know how far the state has reached in investigating their case. The  relatives of the …

United Nations, United States | AFP |  The United States on Monday urged the United Nations to establish a special investigation into the murder of two UN experts who had been gathering evidence of mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo. US Ambassador Nikki Haley, in Geneva for meetings …

Ivan Kamyuka, the man who is alleged to have committed murder in Kampala’s Club Guvnor, has appeared before the High Court in Kampala in one of 40 cases being handled in a criminal session presided over by Justice Wilson Kwesiga. Kamyuka denied killing a one Jonny Ahimbisbwe in a fight over a …

VIDEO: Chaos as Kaweesi murder suspects appear in court Chaos erupted at the Nakawa Chief Magistrates’ Court after relatives of suspects in the AIGP Andrew Kaweesi murder case threatened to dump children with prisons officers, arguing they don’t have what to feed the children since their fathers are in jail. …

Beijing, China | AFP | A former regional police chief in China was executed for murder, state media said Friday, after reports described his victim as a lover more than three decades his junior. Zhao Liping, 65, was found guilty of murder, bribery and possession of firearms and explosives by …

The High Court  in Kampala has declined to release on bail four people said to have murdered  Maj. Muhammad Kiggundu and his body guard Sgt. Stephen Mukasa in November last year. Justice Wilson Kwesiga ruled that there is no evidence on record that the accused persons’ right to afair and speedy …