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Court orders Mukono DLG to approve Margret Kiondo on service commission

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono High Court Resident Judge, David Matovu has ordered the Mukono district local government to approve Stella Margret Kiondo, as a member of the district service commission representing urban authorities. Kiondo through her lawyers of Denis Nyombi and Company Advocates asked the court to restrain …

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Court process servers sue Namutumba CID Officer for illegal detention

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Court Process servers have sued the   Officer in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department of Police at Namutumba Police Station Stella Nankunda accusing her of illegal detention. A court process server delivers and serves legal documents such as summons to parties to a case.  …

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Court upholds decision not to register LGBT group

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal in which Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) had sought to be registered as a company limited by guarantee. In 2012, Sexual Minorities Uganda applied to the Uganda Registration Services Bureau seeking to be registered as a company limited …

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Court extends criminal summons against Kitutu over shs1.5 billion loss

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The  Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has extended its criminal summons against Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Goretti Kitutu Kimono requiring her to appear in court on March 19th 2024 and be charged with causing government financial loss of 1.5 billion shillings. The summons  which were initially …

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Court grants cash bail to Katanga murder suspects

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Criminal Division Judge Isaac Muwata has granted cash bail of two million shillings to four suspects facing charges arising from the murder of businessman Henry Katanga who was killed more than three months ago. The suspects are the deceased’s two daughters, Martha …

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Court orders UPDF officer to vacate office of LCV chairperson

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal in Kampala has ordered the Abim District LCV Chairperson Yuventine Omara to vacate office after he was elected when he was still a serving Officer in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces. The court has also ordered that John De West Ariko …

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Swiss businessman summoned over Shs19billion land fraud

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court sitting in Hoima has summoned a Swiss businessman David Ferdinand Heimhofer and his Ugandan girlfriend Mariam Kajumba to file a defense against accusations of putting an illegal caveat on land belonging to Testimony Motors Uganda. The said land worth 5 million Dollars …

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Court halts Kitutu’s trial pending court of appeal decision

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 …

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