Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has accepted the withdrawal of a petition seeking to disqualify Yona Musinguzi from the Ntungamo Municipality parliamentary race. The petition was filed by Edward Beyendeza, an independent candidate. He accuses Musinguzi of not resigning his government job 90 days towards …
Read More »Court sets date to determine Sodo, Kutesa Sembabule dispute
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has fixed December 21st 2020 to pronounce itself on a petition filed by Godfrey Aine Sodo Kaguta against the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party for failure to hand him the ticket for the Mawogola North Parliamentary race in Sembabule District. Justice Musa Ssekaana …
Read More »Shartsi Kutesa seeks to join NRM in high court battle against Sodo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High court has set Monday next week to decide on whether or not to allow Musherure Shartsi Kutesa, one of the candidates for the Mawogola North constituency parliamentary seat to join an application filed by her rival Sodo Aine Kaguta against the ruling National Resistance …
Read More »Uganda land commission to pay old man 1Billion shillings
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court in Kampala has ordered Uganda Land Commission to pay more than one billion shillings to a man whose land fell under the Land Fund Program for compensation of the absentee Landlords. The order was made by Justice Musa Ssekaana after a successful …
Read More »Family demands compensation for accident victim
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT The family of a man who was knocked dead have dragged the Attorney General and a Civil Society Organization Mifumi Limited to court seeking compensation. Robert Turyamwijuka the proprietor of Westgate Pre and Primary Schools Limited was knocked dead on December 2, 2019, first by …
Read More »High Court upholds suspension of lawyer Nangumya from practice
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 …
Read More »Court orders KCCA to pay man UGX 20m for illegal arrest
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man who was arrested by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA law enforcement officers has been awarded 20 million shillings in compensation. Steven Olango was arrested from his home in Ntinda in 2014 after hawkers who were fleeing from enforcement officers hid in his compound. Court …
Read More »KCCA fined UGX 150 million for defying court orders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division has fined Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Shillings 150 million for contempt of court orders. The ruling stems from an application filed by Bin It Services accusing KCCA and it Executive director of defying an order issued by the same court …
Read More »Court orders reinstatement of REA procurement officer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division has ordered the reinstatement and compensation of Emily Mbabazi, a Procurement Officer in Rural Electrification Agency. Justice Musa Ssekaana issued the orders on Friday while delivering judgment in a suit filed by Mbabazi in, which she sued the Rural …
Read More »Mabirizi petitions judicial service commission over justice Ssekaana’s conduct
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Judicial Service Commission seeking an order removing Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana from the Office of the Judge due to alleged misconduct. Mabirizi accuses Justice Ssekaana for misconduct and being incompetent especially when he was handling a case …
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