Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has asked the High Court in Kampala to give it more time to respond to a suit challenging the new directive that altered the guild presidential election process. The directive issued on April 27, by the dean of students Winifred Kabumbuli requiring contestants in …
Read More »Rhino fund Uganda loses application to block eviction from Ziwa sanctuary
Nakasongora, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application to stay the eviction of Rhino Fund Uganda from Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongora district. The Civil Division Registrar Jamson Karemani dismissed the application on Monday on grounds that it lacks merit and that it had been …
Read More »Court upholds 51 billion telecom license fees for MTN Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court in Kampala has upheld a decision by Uganda Communications Commission-UCC, for telecom company MTN to pay 51 billion Shillings (14.14 million USD) as license fees. In July 2020, UCC wrote to MTN requiring them to pay a license fee for the transitional period of …
Read More »Court to decide on Ziwa-Rhino Fund Uganda eviction on Monday
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has fixed April 26, 2021, to give it’s decision on an application seeking to stay the eviction of Rhino Fund Uganda that has been operating at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongora district. The date has been fixed by the Civil Division Registrar Jameson …
Read More »Family of detained American national sues gov’t
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of an American national, Guy Milton Smith who was arrested by security agencies has sued the government demanding for his unconditional release. In an application filed by Smith’s wife Sharon Tusiime before the Civil Division of High Court in Kampala, the government is sued …
Read More »Nyanzi cannot serve MP Muhammad Nsereko through newspapers – Court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has rejected a request by former parliamentary candidate Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu to use newspapers or the court notice board to serve the Kampala Central MP-Elect Muhammad Nsereko documents seeking to overturn his victory. Nyanzi, a candidate of the opposition National …
Read More »Court quashes audit reports against Soroti University secretary
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has quashed audit reports by the Auditor General implicating Ruth Achimo Etibot, the interdicted Soroti University secretary over procurement irregularities and abuse of office. The decision by Justice Wilson Masalu Musene arises from an application in which Achimo asked the court to quash …
Read More »High Court allows Kidandala to serve Ssegirinya in Kitalya prisons
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has allowed the lawyers of Sulaiman Kidandala, the first runner up in Kawempe North parliamentary elections to serve his rival, Muhammad Ssegirinya in Kitalya prisons. Kidandala is seeking to overturn Ssegirinya’s victory in the January 14, 2021 polls on grounds that he used …
Read More »Gov’t asks court to dismiss case against BoU’s director for supervision
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has asked the High Court in Kampala to dismiss a case challenging the appointment of Bank of Uganda’s Executive Director for Supervision Dr Twinemanzi Tumubweine. The state wants the case filed by activist Arnold Anthony Mukose dismissed on grounds that it is …
Read More »Voter seeks to overturn victory of Ssekandi’s rival
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Martin Henry Bazzanya, a voter in Masaka district has run to High Court seeking to overturn the victory of Richard Ssebamala in the Bukoto Central parliamentary race. Ssebamala defeated the incumbent Bukoto Central MP and Vice president Edward Ssekandi, who was seeking his fifth five-year elective …
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