Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal is set to hold its first-ever upcountry Civil Appeals and Applications session in Gulu. The session, scheduled from September 25 to September 27, 2024, will hear 22 civil appeals and applications. Presiding over the session will be Justices Fredrick Martin Stephen …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal in Kampala has overturned a 35-year sentence for a man convicted of murdering his wife. In a judgement of three Justices; Fredrick Egonda Ntende, Barishaki Cheborion and Dr Asa Mugenyi, the court held that the trial judge Elizabeth Jane Alividza wrongly …
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The government through the Attorney General sued the Project Affected Persons, accusing them of declining to receive the compensation fees allocated to them during the property evaluation process, which threatens the implementation of the pipeline project. Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government had dragged 80 people in different parts …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The civil division of the high court has nullified a decision by the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) Executive Director Jackson Orem to remove his deputy Dr Victoria Walusansa from office. In a ruling on Friday, Justice Musa Sekaana maintained that Walusansa, who has been the …
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LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden pleaded guilty Thursday to all nine counts in his criminal tax case in a Los Angeles federal court. Hunter Biden, 54, was indicted in California in December on nine counts related to a Justice Department investigation into his …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has issued criminal summons for Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda and Kampala Deputy Mayor Doreen Nyanjura for failing to appear in court on Wednesday. Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi has ordered them to appear on October 2, 2024. The summons …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded 24-year-old Kenneth Niwamanya to Luzira prison on charges of forging the signature of First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni. Niwamanya, a resident of Bulenga in Wakiso district, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi on Wednesday afternoon. The court …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mwanga 2 Magistrates Court has remanded Tabula Lujja, the prime suspect in the murder of Ndiga Clan head Daniel Bbosa Kakeedo, to Luzira Prison. Bbosa was gunned down near his home in Lungujja, a Kampala suburb, on February 24, 2024, by assailants on a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has reported significant achievements in mediation and case disposal. According to the judiciary, 847 cases were referred for mediation during the recent Settlement Week, resulting in 237 successful settlements. According to Zuraika Nanteza, the Deputy Registrar in charge of Alternative Dispute Resolution, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has temporarily halted the hearing of a corruption case involving three Members of Parliament. The MPs Lwengo District Woman MP Cissy Namujju Dionizia, Bunyole East MP Yusuf Mutembuli, and the Busiki County MP Paul Akamba are accused of soliciting a …
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