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The Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded two convicts and two prisoners, including a charcoal burner for terrorism and the murder of former Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, Joan Namazzi Kagezi. The accused include Daniel Kisekka Kiwanuka, a peasant farmer and charcoal burner residing in Nsanvu village, Kitimbwa Town Council, Kayunga District; John Kibuuka, also […]
The group of convicts was arrested in October 2018 by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) following the murder of Assistant Superintendent of Police Muhammad Kirumira. The International Crimes Division of the High Court has found seven out of the twelve people who were arrested for terrorism shortly after the murder of former Buyende District […]
The City Hall Magistrates Court has summoned the head of Petroleum in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development Spero Byokunda to appear and answer charges related to defrauding a Serbian investor. Byokunda is wanted together with businessman Emmanuel Byamukama to appear in Court on November 10, 2023 to answer charges of forgery and conspiracy […]
The International Crimes Division of the High Court has ordered an American couple to compensate a child they allegedly tortured with sh100m. Mackenzie Leigh and her husband Nicholas Scott Spencer were accused of intentionally inflicting physical and mental pain and suffering on a 10-year-old HIV-positive foster son whose name remains withheld in respect of […]
A total of 88 acting Grade One Magistrates on Monday started a two-week induction training held by the Judicial Training Institute (JTI) at Colline Hotel Mukono. Magistrate Musa Ammaari Ssemogerere who was on July 26, arrested at Lira Law Development Centre (LDC) after sneaking into the examination hall to sit for her girlfriend’s exams would […]
The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Betty Olive Namisango Kamya has withdrawn bribery charges against former Uganda Bureau of Standards Executive Director, Ebiru David Livingstone. Ebiru has been facing charges of offering a bribe or gratification to Charles Masekuura, the UNBS board chairperson between October and December 2022. The bribe was allegedly part of his efforts […]
The Supreme Court has upheld a 10-year sentence handed to John Muhanguzi Kashaka, the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government for causing a 4.2 billion shillings financial loss to the government in the infamous bicycle scandal. Kashaka’s conviction and sentence were jointly upheld with that of former principal accountant Henry Bamutura, assistant […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has informed the International Crimes Division of the High Court that lawyer Shamim Malende has contributed significantly to the delay in the trial of Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart, Allan Ssewanyana. The two legislators are jointly charged with John Mugera Jackson Kanyike, […]
Three Hoima district officials will not serve in government positions for the next 10 years after they were convicted of forgery. The officials were each sentenced to a cash fine of five million shillings on top of being banned from holding a public office within the next ten years. Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate Joan Aciro […]
The Mountain Division Field Court Martial sitting at the division headquarters in Muhoti – Fort Portal City has sentenced UPDF Corporal Peter Avugo Lomuro to life imprisonment on two counts of murder and attempted murder. The court martial chaired by Lt. Col. Benon Besigye sentenced Avugo on his own plea of guilt for the murder of his two colleagues […]
