Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecution-DPP has asked the High Court Criminal Division to deny bail to one of the suspects charged with the murder of the daughter and driver to the Works and Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala. It is alleged that Sheikh Yusuf Siraji …
Read More »DPP seeks extra time to respond to bail application for Katumba Wamala suspects
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecutions has asked High Court Criminal Division to be granted more time to respond to an application in which two accused persons in the murder case of General Katumba Wamala’s daughter and his driver are seeking to be released on bail. …
Read More »DPP advises police to release suspects on minor cases
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions Jane Frances Abodo has advised police to release on bond all suspects arrested for minor offences. This is part of the standard operating procedures-SOPs for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution-DPP during the second wave of the coronavirus …
Read More »DPP asks court to uphold Ssebuwufu’s jail term
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecutions-DPP has asked the Court of Appeal to uphold the 40-year jail term that was handed to the proprietor of Pine Car bond Muhammad Ssebuwufu for the murder of businesswoman Betty Donah Katusabe. Ssebuwufu was in 2019 convicted by the Retired …
Read More »DPP launches more child friendly rooms in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has launched three child friendly rooms in the districts of Kabale, Mbarara, and Masaka to serve as reception and holding spaces for child victims and witnesses before their appearance in court. Previously, judges and magistrates in the three districts used …
Read More »25 Ugandans on Interpol red notice
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police has said at least 25 Ugandans are on the red list of International Criminal Police Organization- Interpol for committing transnational crimes. Charles Birungi, the acting director Uganda National Central Bureau commonly known as Interpol-Uganda told Uganda Radio Network (URN) in an exclusive interview …
Read More »DPP withdraws defilement case against teenage girl
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | She was barely 17 years old when she went to work to pay a school fees debt after sitting her O level exams. Instead, when she asked for her pay after one month, she was arrested and charged with defiling a 4 year old boy in …
Read More »Court dismisses sectarianism charges against city businessman Kalungi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrates Court has dismissed charges of promoting sectarianism against city businessman Moses Kalungi Kirumira commonly known as Bill Gates. Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu dismissed the charges saying that Kalungi was arraigned in court on the charges that had not …
Read More »Corruption is hampering implementation of asset recovery – DPP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High corruption levels, difficult systems and poor sensitization are hampering the implementation of asset recovery, officials in the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) have revealed. Asset recovery is a legally ordered process of seizing assets, property, or money that has been associated with criminal activity. In …
Read More »Museveni lawyer reacts on Kasango case ruling
Signs of Supreme Court appeal fight revealed Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A recent ruling of the Constitutional Court that it was unconstitutional for judges to be appointed to the Executive branch without first resigning their posts appears to have thrown a spanner in the workings of some government …
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