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 »Kakwenza petitions East African Court over human rights violations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has petitioned the East African Court of Justice over allegations of torture by security in Uganda. Last month, Kakwenza fled the country after he was denied his passport by the court. Kakwenza was arrested on December 28, 2021, from his home …
Read More »State completes inquiries into Kakwenza’s offensive communication case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions has informed Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court that investigations into the offensive communication charges against satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija are complete and they are ready to start the trial. This was communicated by State Attorney Joan Keko before court presided …
Read More »Novelist Kakwenza remanded to Kitalya over offensive communication
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has been remanded to Kitalya prison on charges of offensive communication. Kakwenza was this morning arraigned before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court presided over by the Chief Magistrate Dr Douglas Singiza, who read to him two charges of offensive communication. …
Read More »Lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde arrested
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde has been arrested on charges related to cyber harassment and offensive communication. Semakadde was picked up by four plain-clothed detectives from Twed Towers shortly after the hearing of their application seeking to compel the government to include lawyers on the …
Read More »Social media posts put Mbale woman MP’s spporter in jail
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hudson Ngotowa, a supporter of Mbale Woman Member of Parliament, Connie Galiwango is in trouble for offensive communication. He was picked up from his home in Bulambuli district on Saturday and held briefly at Mbale Central Police station where he was charged with four counts …
Read More »Court finds Stella Nyanzi guilty of cyber harassment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Stella Nyanzi has been found guilty of cyber harassment. On Thursday, Buganda Road Court Grade one Magistrate, Gladys Kamasanyu convicted Nyanzi on grounds that there was overwhelming evidence. However, Nyanzi was acquitted of offensive communication because prosecution failed to adduce evidence to show …
Read More »Date set for judgment on Stella Nyanzi’s case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has set August 1 as the date it will deliver its judgment in a case in which Stella Nyanzi is accused of cyber harassment and offensive communication. On Tuesday, Gladys Kamasanyu, closed the case after the defence failed to …
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