Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Magistrates Court in Mengo has ordered the government to compensate lawyer Male Mabirizi with five million Shillings for violating his right to access information. Mabirizi wrote to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works and Transport on July 23, 2021, seeking access to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has withdrawn his application seeking to halt the terrorism trial against Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana. Mabirizi cited bias and unequal treatment by the pretrial Judge Alice Komuhangi Khaukha in his withdrawal letter, which Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala seeking a declaration that the investigations, arrests, detentions, and subsequent prosecutions of some suspects implicated in the diversion of iron sheets meant for the people of Karamoja are illegal. According to Mabirizi, some suspects include the Vice …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked Entebbe Chief Magistrate Juliet Nakitende to halt criminal proceedings against Pastor Aloysius Bugingo and Susan Makula Nantaba. In December Mabirizi and Robert Rutaro Muhairwe instituted private prosecution proceedings against Bugingo and Makula for Bigamy. However, the Director of Public …
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Why has no court pronounced itself on Kakwenza’s torture case? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | During the annual judges’ conference held in the last days of January, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija had already become an international phenomenon as he narrated his torture ordeal at the hands of Ugandan security operatives. There …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has ruled that city lawyer Male Mabirizi cannot take plea on charges of offensive communication until court decides on the applications in which he is challenging the legality of the procedure leading to the charges against him. This was …
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What the fight between Justice Musa Sssekaana and lawyer Male Mabirizi reveals Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | On Feb. 22, while appearing at the Court of Appeal, Male Mabirizi’s lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde, asked the presiding judge, Justice Christopher Madrama, to remain “judiciously alert”. Mabairizi, a litigious lawyer, is appealing …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala has finally arrested lawyer Male Mabirizi. He has been arrested over an 18 month jail term handed to him for contempt of court. The arrest of Mabirizi comes exactly a week after the High Court Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana issued …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has ordered the immediate arrest of controversial lawyer Male Mabirizi to serve 18 months in jail for contempt of court. Civil Division High Court, Judge Musa Ssekaana issued the orders after finding Mabirizi guilty of contempt of court for the second time. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Law Development Centre Court has discharged National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu on charges of obtaining registration by false pretense at Makerere University. The Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Augustine Alule has discharged Kyagulanyi on the criminal charges that …
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