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Nothing but the truth
The High court in Kampala has set free a 75-year-old man who has been facing charges of aggrevated defilement. Court identified the suspect as Godfrey Ssozi, whose pardon came after he pleaded guilty to charges of aggrevated defilement and asked for forgiveness. Ssozi is said to have defiled a seven-year-old neighbour’s daughter. Mzee Ssozi who […]
The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala has confirmed charges of aggravated defilement and child trafficking against jailed Bukwo district chairperson, Julius Moses Chelimo. Presided over by Lady Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha, the court confirmed three charges against him and referred his case file to a panel of three High Court Judges for […]
Molly Katanga, accused of murdering her husband, businessman Henry Katanga, has sought temporary release from prison due to her health condition. After being denied bail on April 9, 2024, by High Court Criminal Division Judge Isaac Muwata for failing to prove exceptional circumstances, Molly has made a second bail application. This time, she presented a […]
Jomayi Property Consultants Ltd, once Uganda’s most prominent real estate company, has been sent into liquidation after being declared insolvent. The order to wind up comes after NC Bank failed to recover sh868,250,000 from Jomayi and petitioned the court to declare the company insolvent and unable to pay its debts. In 2018, one Ssemwogerere John […]
Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fighter, Thomas Kwoyelo alias Latoni has pleaded with the court asking it to forgive him for having married minors for “wives”. It’s criminal in Uganda for one to have canal knowledge of minors. International conventions also protect women and girls from sexually violent crimes during armed conflict. The LRA kidnapped […]
The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has granted bail to a Tik-toker Ibrahim Musana Commonly known as Pressure 24/7. The court has barred him from mentioning names of President Yoweri Museveni, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II as part of his bail terms and conditions. The social media […]
A Ugandan military court has ordered the release of 32 Kenyan nationals who were previously sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. The decision by the General Court Martial (GCM), which convened late Wednesday, overturned an earlier ruling by a lower court. The GCM found procedural irregularities during last […]
The Head of the Police Criminal Investigations Department, Major Tom Magambo has revealed that they have what he describes as “very good leads” to who paid the killers of former Senior State Attorney Joan Kagezi Namazzi. Assassins gunned down Joan Kagezi nine years ago. Without revealing further details, Magambo told the Seventh Joan Kagezi Memorial […]
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has asked the prosecutors in the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to always use lawful means to obtain evidence. According to Dr. Abdul Salaam Waiswa the Head Legal Affairs and Compliance at UCC, anyone including prosecutors can be a victim of cybercrime but it is illegal to intercept conversations without permission even […]
The High Court in Kampala has dismissed the case in which former Managing Director of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Richard Byarugaba was challenging the decision not to renew his contract. The Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana on Friday dismissed the case on grounds that the decision by the Labour and Gender Minister Betty Among […]
