The Court of Appeal in Kampala has halted the proceedings against the former Karamoja Minister Mary Gorreti Kitutu in the Anti-Corruption Court. Kitutu is being accused of causing government a financial loss of sh1.5bn meant for peace building activities. The proceedings were halted in a ruling delivered by Justice Oscar Kihika who sat as a […]
Joyce Lutaaya, a key figure entangled in a complex land dispute on the Mbeya Island in Mukono district, has defiantly turned her back on the law, brushing aside police and court summons. Astonishingly, she seems to enjoy a sense of impunity as she continues to navigate the legal terrain without any interruption. Intriguingly, Lutaaya’s conflict […]
A South African national, Joachim Ugochukwu Onyeako has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for kidnapping with the intention to procure a ransom. Onyeako was sentenced by a panel of three Court of Appeal Justices comprised of Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Justices Christopher Gashirabake, and Oscar Kihiika on grounds that the offense to […]
The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala has ordered the deportation of a Portuguese National, Carlos Alberto De Almeida Costa after finding him guilty of marrying a minor. The deportation was one of the three punishments endorsed by Justice Dr Andrew Bashaija on Wednesday following a plea bargain agreement between the office […]
The Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya, who has been hospitalized at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi for three months, is reported to have regained consciousness, Uganda Radio Network (URN) has learnt. Ssegirinya’s Personal Assistant, Alex Luwemba, who recently returned from the hospital, says that his boss can now speak, eat, walk, and recognize […]
Two Court Process servers have sued the Officer in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department of Police at Namutumba Police Station Stella Nankunda accusing her of illegal detention. A court process server delivers and serves legal documents such as summons to parties to a case. The servers are Michael Kaluusi and Richard Mwesigwa, all attached […]
The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has apprehended Ezaruku Kazimiro, the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Madi Okollo District, on allegations of embezzling Shillings 1.2 billion from the Bugiri District Local Government during the 2020/2021 financial year. Kazimiro’s arrest occurred alongside that of five departmental heads, the Deputy CAO, and three accountants within the Bugiri District […]
By Lawrence Mayanja Five people have today been arraigned before court and charged with murder of the former Ndiga clan leader, Eng. Daniel Bbosa Lwomwa. The suspects include; Noah Luggya, a 21-year-old man who personally shot at Eng. Bbosa, Milly Naluwenda (46), a clerk to the Buganda Kingdom’s traditional court called Kisekwa, Harriet Nakiguli (40), […]
The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has informed the Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court that four suspects accused of murdering Senior Principal State Attorney Joan Kagezi Namazzi visited a Kayunga based witch doctor so as to perform rituals to evade arrest and also to “tie” the case proceedings shortly after the crime. This was revealed […]
The Kampala Capital City Authority -City Hall Court has sent more than 100 Karamojong mothers back to Napak for rehabilitation and to serve a one-month community service sentence for sending their children to the streets to beg. On Thursday, the Grade One Magistrate Edgar Karakire found the mothers guilty of sending children to beg in […]