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King Mumbere re-applies for bail

The King of Rwenzururu Charles Wesley Mumbere has re-applied for bail before Jinja High Court. Mumbere was on Monday last week charged afresh with terrorism, murder and attempted murder he allegedly committed between the months of July and November last year at Bukara Village, Kabonero sub-county, and at Nyabutsi village, Karangura sub-county in Kabalore district …

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Hearing Mumbere’s bail application set for Monday

The high court in Jinja has set Jan 09 as the date when Rwenzururu’s King Wesley Mumbere’s bail application will be heard. Revealing this to journalist, Defence counsel Samuel Muyizzi said King Mumbere, his Prime Minister Johnson Thembo Kitsumbire  and 157 others  accused of spearheading bloody clashes in Kasese district …

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Jailed Rwenzururu King Mumbere applies for bail

Jailed Rwenzururu King Charles Wesley Mumbere on Thursday applied for bail before Jinja High Court, saying he is of advanced age and gravely ill. Mumbere wants to be released on bail pending  his  trial on various capital offences he is facing in relation to the recent Kasese killings. Court will sit to set a …

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Museveni warns judges on ‘irresponsible decisions’

President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned Ugandan judicial officers against making irresponsible decisions which affect communities and the development of the country’s economy. Museveni said this as he closed the 13th annual East African Magistrates and Judges Association conference at the Commonwealth Speke Resort- Munyonyo in Kampala on Thursday. The three-day conference …

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High Court grants Sebuwufu bail

High Court Judge Wilson Masalu Musene has Friday afternoon granted bail to Muhammad Sebuwufu, the key suspect in the alleged  murder of a Kampala businesswoman Donah Betty Katushabe. Justice Musene ordered Sebuwufu to pay sh10 million cash and deposit his passport with court as condition for his bail release. The judge said the  …

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Baguma bail ruling set for Thursday

High Court judge Wilson Masalu Musene will rule Thursday on the bail application by jailed former Kampala Central Police Station (CPS) commander Aron Baguma. Baguma is currently held on remand at Kigo Government Prison for allegedly conspiring with eight other people to kidnap murder and rob businesswoman Donah Betty Katushabe at …

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Besigye to know bail fate tomorrow

Kizza Besigye will know the fate of his bail application tomorrow. The political opposition figurehead, who faces treason charges,  appeared at Kampala high court to hear his bail application Besigye argued that he was uncertain of when his treason trial would commence and asked to be granted bail. Appearing before …

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Minister Byandala Granted Bail

A Grade one Magistrate at the anti-corruption court has this morning granted Abraham Byandala bail. Byandala is the former Transport Minister and the current Minister without Portfolio. Together with six others, he was ordered to pay ten million shillings in cash and deposit his passport. The sureties to his bail …

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Mukula applies to court for bail

By Julius Odeke The flamboyant Soroti Municipality MP Mike Mukula has applied for bail pending appeal against a four-year jail sentence handed to him for embezzling Shs210 million. Through his legal team headed by Fred Muwema, he said they have already filed the notice of appeal before court pending the bail …

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