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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has asked the Anti Corruption Court to dismiss an application in which the former Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards David Livingstone Ebiru is seeking to halt his trial on bribery charges until investigations are completed. The prosecution alleges that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The trial of suspects accused of protesting against the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in Goma City kicked off on Friday at the Garrison Military Court. The protests that took place in areas of Kyeshero, Ndosho, Himbi, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti Corruption Court has halted the trial in which Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Gorreti Kitutu Kimono is accused of causing loss of public property after her alleged involvement in the diversion of iron sheets. On Friday, High Court Lady Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga halted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala has halted the trial of Makindye West Member of Parliament, Allan Ssewanyana, and his Kawempe North counterpart Ssegirinya pending a decision from the Constitutional Court, which is reviewing the legality of the trial. The two …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has commenced the trial of State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, Agness Nandutu, who stands accused of posession of  suspected property belonging to a Karamoja iron sheets project. The prosecution alleges that during June 2022, at the office of the Prime …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has withdrawn his application seeking to halt the terrorism trial against Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana.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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The state intends to file an application seeking to try Shafiq Kasujja in absentia for the murder of the former Police Spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Kaweesi was shot dead on March 17th, 2017 together with his bodyguard Kenneth Erau and driver Godfrey Mambewa. Eight …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alphonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo has put the state on notice saying he will not entertain what he called dilly-dallying when the trial of the detained legislators Allan Ssewanyana and Muhhamad Segirinya takes off. The warning was part of his remarks at the opening of …

Kampala, Uganda | THEINDEPENDENT | The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka has said that court rulings on whether the military court should try civilians plunged his chambers into confusion. Kiwanuka, in a speech at the opening of the New Law Year 2023, said the confusion is arising from the judgments from the …

How the case of a former child soldier at the ICC exposed weaknesses in international criminal law COMMENT | Clare Frances Moran | Guilt and innocence are rarely clear-cut, even in the most heinous of crimes. The recent appeal of Dominic Ongwen, former commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), shines a light …