Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human rights advocacy organisation Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) has petitioned the Civil Division of the High Court over, among others, failure by the government to decommission the Kiteezi landfill promptly, violating settlers’ rights to a clean and healthy environment. In …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has further remanded Dr. Kizza Besigye and Hajji Obeid Lutale to Luzira Prison until May 21, 2025, as investigations into treason and misprision of treason charges continue. Besigye and Lutale, alongside UPDF Captain Denis Oola, appeared on Wednesday before …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mwanga 2 Magistrates Court has issued a warrant of arrest against Moses Tumwine, one of the accused persons in the case in which nine people are accused of giving false information to police, accusing Rubaga Miracle Centre Church’s lead Pastor Robert Kayanja of sodomy. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has filed its defence in response to a petition by Faridah Nambi Kigongo, challenging the victory of Elias Nalukoola Luyimbazi in the Kawempe North by-elections. The Commission has denied all allegations of irregularities that were levied against it by Nambi. She …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government toxicologist Dr. Jaffer Kisitu on Thursday told the court, presided over by High Court Judge Justice Comfort Kania, that there is a minimum criterion for confirming the presence of gunshot residue (GSR), and if a sample does not meet that criterion, it will …
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Reason to deny Besigye bail is speculative and unsupported by law KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has strongly criticized the High Court’s decision to deny bail to opposition figure Dr. Kizza Besigye and Hajji Obeid Lutaale, calling the court’s reasoning speculative and unsupported by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katanga trial resumed on Monday with the 13th state witness, Dr. Jaffar Kisitu, a forensic chemist with the Uganda Police Forensic Examination Department. Dr. Kisitu provided key forensic testimony that could play an important role in the trial of Molly Katanga, who is …
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NANDUTU: My medical condition is not as usual sickness as malaria or anything else but it keeps attacking, and that when the advice of her medical doctors is not adhered to, it can even kill Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has ordered Mulago National Referral …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Kanoheri Jolin Rugari, wife to Zimbabwe’s Honorary Consul in Uganda, Chris Rugari, to Luzira prison on charges of murdering their two-year-old son. Kanoheri was on Friday arraigned before the Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Frank Namanya and charged …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has denied bail to opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye and his Personal Assistant Hajji Obeid Lutaale on grounds that they will interfere with ongoing investigations. The Criminal Division Lady Justice Rosette Comfort Kania on Friday denied Besigye and …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
