Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has halted the trial in which Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Gorreti Kitutu Kimono is being accused of causing loss of public property in the controversial iron sheets scandal. The Court presided over by Lady Justice, Jane Okuo Kajuga on Wednesday …
Read More »Court of appeal upholds 38-year jail term for murder convict Abel Ariho
Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has affirmed a 38-year prison sentence for Abel Ariho, who was convicted for the murder of his grandmother, Evarine Kembaho, a resident of Keitumura Cell in Rukungiri district in 2012. The evidence presented during the trial in the High Court …
Read More »Buteera tasks Court of Appeal, Supreme Court Judges on teamwork, respect
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The Deputy Chief Justice, Richard Butera has called for teamwork and unity among the Court of Appeal and Supreme Judges. Speaking at the closure of the induction and retreat for judges of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on Friday, Buteera said that it …
Read More »Court of Appeal to handle 30 cases in 4 days in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has commenced the hearing of 30 criminal cases at the seat of Gulu High Court in Gulu City. The session started on Monday and is expected to run until Thursday 30th of March. It is being presided over by …
Read More »Judiciary eulogises Court of Appeal Justice Kenneth Kakuru
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary held a special sitting at its headquarters in Kampala to celebrate the life and services of fallen Court of Appeal Judge Keneth Kakuru. Several Justices of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, magistrates court and other members of the legal fraternity …
Read More »Court orders gov’t to pay UGX 50Bn for canceling land title
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by the government seeking to overturn a High Court decision ordering it to pay 50 Billion Shillings to a real estate company for canceling its land title. In a majority judgment written by Justice Christopher Gasharibake, the court …
Read More »KCCA barred from leasing land under dispute
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has blocked Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) from leasing a piece of land under dispute. In 2008, the then Kampala City Council (KCC) leased the land on Port Bell road, Kiswa in Nakawa Division measuring 0.092 hectares to Nowomugisha Shadrack Nzaire, …
Read More »NRM’s Oscar Kihika appointed Court of Appeal Justice
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Oscar Kihika, the National Resistance Movement Director for Legal Services as a Justice of the Court of Appeal. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, the Presidential Press Secretary Sandor Walusimbi, said that the names of Kihika and the …
Read More »Justice Buteera launches special Court of Appeal sessions in Mbale
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera officially opened the hearing of 47 criminal cases by the Court of Appeal in Mbale. The hearing will last three days, having begun on Monday at Mbale High Court. The sessions will be presided over by Justices Hellen Obura, …
Read More »Mabirizi pinpoints Court of Appeal justice as NRM supporter in appeal at EACJ
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked the East African Court of Justice to nullify a decision that denied him temporary release, saying one of the Justices who presided over the matter is biased because he is a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement which …
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