Lawyer Ramathan Waiswa told court that he was attending to his sick mother in hospital and could not concentrate on the matters before the court, dealing a blow to the case which also flopped last week, due to the absence of equipment to enable the court to listen to some of the songs and messages that allegedly offended the legislator.
Read more ...Prosecution based its case on the testimony of the victim who told court that she recognized her abuser after touching his dreaded hair and his voice when he threatened to kill her if she screamed.
Read more ...The MP seat fell vacant after the MP Tophace Kahwa Bagira crossed to the newly created district of Kikube.
Read more ...In 2016, the Makerere University Appointments Board suspended Nyanzi for allegedly posting on her Facebook page, saying the Minister for Education and Sports; Janet Museveni is incompetent to run her ministry.
Read more ...City hall Grade one Magistrate, Beatrice Khainza granted Omollo bail of Shillings 500,000 in cash. His sureties also executed non-cash bond of Shillings 300,000 each.
Read more ...Kitattas lawyers led by Shaban Sanywa concluded their submissions on Tuesday prompting the court chairperson, Lt General Andrew Gutti to set a date to deliver his ruling on whether or not the suspects have a case to answer.
Read more ...The father, whose identity is withheld to protect the daughter, appeared in court as a state witness in an aggravated defilement case, where 24-year-old Calvin Mwangi, a clinical officer is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 9-year-old at their home in Kamwokya in June 2016.
Read more ...Margret Kerisa, a resident of Kakoliye says imprisoning her husband means punishing the entire family. She explains that much as some of the men are violent in families, it is against culture to surrender them into prison, no matter the pain.
Read more ...Currently, the district has only a Chief Magistrates Court. All capital offenses that include aggravated defilement, rape, murder and aggravated robbery are handled in Moroto High Court. The state incurs costs of transport, accommodation and meals for the witnesses.
Read more ...On Monday, the General Court Martial heard that Captain Yashin Siraji who was supposed to appear in court as the fifth witness could not make it to court on the required time.According to the previous witnesses testimonies, Yashin was the Sector Intelligence Officer in Rwebisengo in Ntoroko District in 2012 when Kipoi and his co-accused were being arrested from Western Uganda.
Read more ...Under their umbrella organization, the Uganda Womens Network UWONET, women observe that while Uganda has demonstrated commitment towards ending GBV through its legal and policy frameworks, the implementation has remained limited which has increased the vulnerability of women and girls to abuse.
Read more ...Beatrice Kyambadde was granted a cash bail of 500,000 shillings and her sureties each bonded at 5 million non-cash by Grade One Magistrate Patrick Talisuna.
Read more ...The Buganda Road Court on Monday heard that the trial magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu and the State prosecutor Janet Kitimbo are sick.
Read more ...Justice Mulyagonja says that failure to enforce good governance practices enabled corrupt officials at Central Bank to engage in corrupt tendencies. She stressed the need to increase accountability for governance in the fight against corruption.
Read more ...Releasing findings of a report Unabated escalation of NGO office break-ins in Uganda, on Friday, the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders NCHRDU indicates that at least 34 office break-ins were reported since 2011, but no investigations have been carried out and a report compiled.
Read more ...Justice Mulyagonja attributed delays to investigate corruption cases to staff shortage and limited funding.
Read more ...Regina Babukiika Tronera, a senior legal officer and the centre manager for Justice Center says that a big number of land disputes they receive are as a result of ignorance of land laws.
Read more ...The order signed by Justice Wilson Masalu Musene, a copy of which URN has obtained, was based on an application filed by Sausi arguing that he was unfairly blocked from seeking re-election as a member of the board of directors.
Read more ...According to Bukenya, his arrest, detention and prosecution, dented his reputation and credibility leading to loss of employment. He therefore wants court to declare his arrest and detention illegal and compel government to compensate him.
Read more ...Beatrice Kyambadde and Charles Omollo, BoU security personnel were arrested last week on the orders of the parliamentary committee investigating the closure of commercial banks.
Read more ...