Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda (IRA) and its former Board Chairperson, Dr. Isaac Nkote Nabeta, have asked the High Court to dismiss a judicial review application filed by outgoing Chief Executive Officer Ibrahim Kaddunabbi Lubega, arguing that his case has been overtaken by events …
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Dr Onzivua explained to the court the forensic principles used to identify gunshot entry and exit wounds, with the defence maintaining that the State’s interpretation was scientifically wrong. Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The trial of businesswoman Molly Katanga entered a new phase at the criminal division …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Molly Katanga has accused police of framing her for the death of her husband, businessman Henry Katanga, telling the High Court that key claims used to charge her appeared long before the forensic results themselves existed. During re-examination by defence lawyer MacDusman Kabega on …
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COMMENT | GYAGENDA SEMAKULA ZIKUSOOKA SSAJJABBI | As a critic of Uganda’s criminal justice system, the recently concluded proceedings in the Okello Onyum matter, presided over by Alice Komuhangi Khaukha, present a compelling case study at the intersection of criminal adjudication, judicial temperament, and public confidence in the administration …
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Inside a landmark case that tested Uganda’s mobile courts, judicial independence, and the legal threshold for the ultimate sentence COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | On the morning of April 2, 2026, what began as an ordinary school day at a modest childcare centre on the southeastern outskirts of Kampala …
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New forensics facility set to strengthen evidence in Uganda’s Wildlife Court Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On the edge of Lake Victoria, at the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre in Entebbe, the mood on April 29 carried a quiet kind of significance. There were speeches, handshakes, and the …
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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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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
