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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |The Deputy Chief Justice, Richard Buteera is leading a team of Justices for a Criminal Appeals session yo handle up to 40 cases in Lira. The session which is starting today will be the first offsite session that the Deputy Chief Justice will be handling …

  Kigali, Rwanda | XINHUA | Rwandan former Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 892.2 million Rwandan francs (about 926,000 U.S. dollars) for issuing bounced cheques, Nyarugenge Intermediate Court in the Rwandan capital city Kigali ruled on Friday. However, the court dismissed …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   A panel of five Constitutional Court Judges has dismissed a petition in which former West Budama North MP Fox Odoi was challenging a section under the Advocates Act which blocks lawyers from advertising their services. The petition which was filed in 2013, on grounds …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Mukono Grade I Magistrates Court has granted bail to the 60 people arrested for encroaching on Namanve central forest land and remanded 15 others who have appeared without sureties. The suspects were among the 500 people who descended on Namanve forest reserve armed with …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court in Mbale has indefinitely suspended a case in which the National Unity Platform-NUP party president, Robert Kyagulanyi sued top security officials there for blocking his radio talk show on BCU FM. The Mbale Grade One Magistrate, Andrew Katumbuki adjourned the case on Wednesday …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The pursuit of justice for residents who are threatened with eviction from land in parts of Makukulu and Nakabango in Kayunga district is imperiled by their inability to attend court sessions. More than 800 residents from the Makukuulu in Kayonza sub-county and Nakabango in Kitayimbwa …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo the Chief Justice replacing Justice Bart Katureebe who recently retired upon clocking the mandatory age. The Chief Justice will be deputised by Justice Richard Butera. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Share on: WhatsApp

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Court has directed Umeme Limited to pay 350 million Shillings to Kasese Nail and Wood Industry Limited as compensation for its property which was lost when a fire broke out from two poorly laid power cables at the company premises. The fire broke out on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prasidia Nagasha, a female activist has petitioned the High Court Civil Division to ban a song titled ‘Property’ by local music artist Fik Fameica. The other respondents to the suit are Martin Musoke alias Artin Pro, the producer of the song and Uganda Communications …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary has listed up to 40 criminal appeals to be heard using zoom technology by the court in Mbale. The session which will last two weeks starting on Monday will be presided over by the Acting Chief Justice Alfonso Owinyi-Dollo. Other Justices include …