Kampala, Uganda | URN | The High Court Criminal Division in Kampala has adjourned the treason case against opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye, Obeid Lutale, and Captain Denis Oola to May 6th and 10th, 2026, for the continuation of cross-examination of Chief State Attorney Joseph Kyomuhendo. The proceedings, presided over …
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Malema has vowed to challenge the judgment right up to South Africa’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, if necessary Johannesburg, South Africa | AGENCIES | The leader of one of South Africa’s main opposition parties, Julius Malema, has been given a five-year prison term for unlawfully possessing a firearm …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire of the Court of Appeal and Constitutional Court has urged internal auditors to play a more proactive role in reducing the growing backlog of court cases, warning that unresolved commercial disputes in y in the banking sector are tying up trillions of …
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Mbarara, Uganda | URN | The High Court in Mbarara has dismissed an election petition filed by Mbarara City North MP candidate Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari against MP-elect Christopher Bakashaba and the Electoral Commission, after finding that Rukaari failed to properly serve the respondents with court documents. Rukaari, who contested as …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The trial of Molly Katanga took a corporate turn in the High Court yesterday, as prosecutors shifted their focus from forensic evidence to the financial operations of the business empire she co-founded with her late husband, Henry Katanga. In a session dominated by balance …
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Former Karamoja minister and outgoing Bududa MP jailed four years for diverting relief aid NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | The story of Agnes Nandutu is in many ways a study in contrasts, from hardship to prominence, from the newsroom to Parliament, and ultimately from public trust to criminal …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Christopher Okello Onyum 39, the man accused in the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Day Care Center of slaughtering four toddlers in cold blood, will be tried in open court next week. According to a statement by the State Minister of Youth and Children Affairs, Balaam …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Anti-Corruption Court has sentenced Agnes Nandutu, the former Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs and the outgoing Bududa Woman Member of Parliament, to four years in prison. The ruling delivered by Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga, marks a significant moment in the government’s crackdown on …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Kawempe Chief Magistrate’s Court has denied an application for temporary bail filed by National Unity Platform (NUP) supporter Waiswa Mufumbiro, who had sought release to attend the burial of his wife. Mufumbiro, currently on remand, faces charges of allegedly inciting NUP youth to attack …
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Court clears bank, faults customer for fraudulent transactions on her account Kampala, Uganda | URN | The High Court has absolved Barclays Bank Uganda (now Absa Bank) of liability for the loss of Shs 8.538 million withdrawn from a customer’s account without her authorisation, faulting the account holder for negligence. …
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