The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has granted bail to six out of the nine government officials implicated in causing a financial loss of 60 billion shillings through the manipulation of payment systems. The court, presided over by Justice Lawrence Gidudu, granted bail to the six on Monday, with the amounts ranging from 20 million shillings to […]
NUP’s Mukono North MP Abducted, Stripped, Dumped at Police The High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application by jailed lawyer Eron Kiiza, who sought to be released following a Supreme Court ruling that barred the trial of civilians in military courts. Kiiza, a known associate of opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye, had argued that […]
Mukono High Court Judge, Jackeline Mwondha has turned down an application by Proscovia Auma who last year allegedly poured acid to two people including a mother and her 12-year old child, inflicting grave wounds all over the minor’s body. Auma was further remanded at Kauga prison in Mukono. Towards the end of 2024 at Kateete […]
It was jubilation and merrymaking at Mukono’s Mt. Lebanon Christian Centre Church following a High Court ruling dismissing a land ownership land filed by Methodist Church of Uganda against seven defendants attached to Mt. Lebanon Church. The ruling made by Justice Jacqueline Mwondha as its genesis in an earlier one that was filed by the […]
Three bodyguards of the National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentantu alias Bobi Wine have been charged with five counts of robbery and assault on female journalists. The suspects including Achilleo Kivumbi, Grace Wakabi alias Smart-wa Bobi and Gadafi Mugumya, were on Wednesday charged before Masaka Grade One Magistrate, Abudallah Kayiira who remanded them […]
Ali Muwanga Kibirige, heir to late Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige (BMK) has lost a court of appeal case which he filed seeking reversal of a lower court decision which gave the bank authority to take over buildings with rental premises at Buziga, for failure to repay a sh1,506,200,000 loan. The panel of judges including Cheborion Barishaki, […]
In a dramatic turn of events, members of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) parliamentary caucus have decided to support a bill for amending the UPDF Act due to be presented today (Tuesday) before parliament, to restore a provision running contrary to the recent Supreme Court ruling concerning trial of civilians in the general military courts. […]
The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates’ Court has issued a warrant of arrest against the Uganda Law Society (ULS) President Isaac Ssemakadde on charges of insulting the modesty of a woman, particularly the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Jane Frances Abodo. The warrant of arrest was issued on Monday by the Court, presided over by […]
Uganda’s veteran politician and four-time presidential candidate, Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye is destined to remain in custody beyond today, Friday, February 21, following the State’s decision to file fresh charges against him. Dr. Besigye and his associate Haji Obeid Lutale, have had a treason charge added on their earlier charges, marking a significant escalation […]
Four-time presidential candidate, Rtd. Col. Dr. Dr. Kizza Besigye, his aide Hajj Obeid Lutale, and UPDF officer Capt. Denis Oola have been formally charged with treason. The charge sheet, dated February 20, 2025, accuses Besigye, Lutale, and Oola of contriving a plot to overthrow the Government of Uganda by force of arms. The trio are […]