Soroti, Uganda | URN | The High Court in Soroti has rejected an application by a newly appointed defence lawyer seeking to recall two key prosecution witnesses for further cross-examination in the murder trial of seven-year-old Joan Faith Apio. Justice Boniface Wamala dismissed the application on Wednesday after ruling …
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Cross Examination of DNA Forensic Expert SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in court, in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X. **** Yesterday, the state started cross-examining Mrs Katanga’s third expert witness, DW4. As we previously reported, she’s a British …
Read More »SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X. **** A consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon (witness DW3XXX) tells Justice Rosette Comfort Kania that Mrs Katanga’s injuries likely compromised functioning in her limbs, “especially grasping and the ability …
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Dr Onzivua explained to the court the forensic principles used to identify gunshot entry and exit wounds, with the defence maintaining that the State’s interpretation was scientifically wrong. Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The trial of businesswoman Molly Katanga entered a new phase at the criminal division …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Molly Katanga has accused police of framing her for the death of her husband, businessman Henry Katanga, telling the High Court that key claims used to charge her appeared long before the forensic results themselves existed. During re-examination by defence lawyer MacDusman Kabega on …
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Inside a landmark case that tested Uganda’s mobile courts, judicial independence, and the legal threshold for the ultimate sentence COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | On the morning of April 2, 2026, what began as an ordinary school day at a modest childcare centre on the southeastern outskirts of Kampala …
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SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in court, in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X. **** It appears that the Lead Scene of Crime Officer Lied About Visiting the Crime Scene; is called an “invisible man” by the defense Before court broke off …
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SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in court, in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and via @TonyNatif **** On Tuesday 20th May 2025, this matter got another adjournment to June 10th 2025. Reason: a combination of the unavailability of the judge, Rosette Comfort Kania who has …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | George Amanyire, a shamba boy at the Katanga family, has narrated a chilling ordeal to court, recalling that Henry Katanga’s widow, Molly Katanga, was crying out loudly as she was being battered by her husband. In his statement to the investigative team led by …
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SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in court, in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and via @TonyNatif **** Yesterday, this matter was back in the High Court before Lady Justice Rosette Comfort Kania. It had graphic, chilling imagery as the prosecution led by Deputy DPP Samali Wakooli …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
