Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala has ordered government to pay 85 million shillings to an advertising firm called Modern Art Communications Limited for cancelling its contract to advertise on public service vehicles. The judgment was delivered by Justice Musa Ssekaana. The …
Read More »Court dismisses suit challenging new city guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has dismissed a suit in which Masaka district chairperson Jude Mbabali and 11 others were challenging the guidelines on the operations of newly created cities. Mbabali had petitioned the high court to quash the guidelines issued by Local Government Minister Rafael …
Read More »Mabirizi petitions high court challenging DPP’s take over of Bobi Wine’s case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court challenging the decision by Wakiso Magistrates Court to allow the Directorate of Public Prosecutions- DPP to take over criminal proceedings against National Unity Platform leader Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. Last month, Mabirizi instituted private criminal proceedings …
Read More »Former Arua district officials sent to high court for diversion of funds
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Grade One Magistrate Moses Nabende of the Anti-Corruption Court has committed four former officials of Arua municipal council to high court for trial on charges of diverting more than 436 million Shillings. Those on trial include Jamilu Kasajja Kairu, the former town clerk of Arua …
Read More »Tumukunde must report to CID, court rules
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has dismissed with costs the interim application in which presidential hopeful retired Lt General Henry Tumukunde wanted court to block the summons requiring him to appear before the Criminal Investigations Department of Police in Kibuli. On Tuesday, Justice Musa Ssekaana the Deputy …
Read More »Court summons musician Bosmic Otim over academic papers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has summoned musician Bosmic Joyce Otim to response to a suit lodged by Charles Ocaya, a loser in the just concluded NRM primary elections for Chua West County. The summons stem from a suit Ocaya filed on Wednesday at …
Read More »Lawyer sues UCC over directives to register online content providers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A human rights lawyer Ivan Bwowe has petitioned High Court challenging the recent notice issued by Uganda Communications commission –UCC requiring all persons providing online data communication to regularize their operations before use. On September 7 2020, UCC wrote that the online content providers such …
Read More »Tumukunde itching to grill AIGP Akullo in court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In an ironic legal twist of the hunter becoming the hunted, Lt Gen Henry Is trying to drag CID Director Grace Akullo to the dock for using the Attorney General’s services for her personal defence and to be grilled in court over an affidavit she …
Read More »Gov’t , lawyers asked to mediate in case seeking translation of constitution
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has given the government two weeks to mediate in the case where two lawyers want the constitution translated into local languages. In 2019, the government was sued for its alleged failure to translate the 1995 Constitution into 56 indigenous languages. The lawsuit …
Read More »Kavuya family repatriation case file sent back to lower court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has returned a file in which a Soroti based lawyer Leonard Otee is pursuing the prosecution of Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa over the repatriation of Businessman Ben Kabuya’s family during the COVID-19 lockdown. Three members of Kavuya’s family travelled …
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