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719Only parents and children can file a case on behalf of killed person- Court
The High Court in Kampala has ruled that only parents and children are part of a family and therefore, only them, can...
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528Constitutional Court Annuls Section 25 of Computer Misuse Act
The Section among others constituted a charge of offensive communication that has been carrying a maximum penalty of 5 years upon conviction.
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636Legal Brains Trust sues DPP over Basajjabalaba Shs142b corruption case
The suit comes months after DPP Abodo dropped the corruption charges against the businessman over what she described as incomplete investigations and...
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Housemaid jailed 12 months for stealing Shs25m from her boss
The court in Kampala has sent to prison a 28-year-old housemaid Ms Mable Nagaba for a full year after she pleaded guilty...
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867Dominic Ongwen: ICC upholds 25-year jail term for LRA Commander
Led by fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, the LRA terrorized Ugandans for nearly 20 years as it fought President Yoweri Museveni's government from...
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587Makerere lecturer who slapped student in viral video acquitted of assault charges
The prosecution alleges that on November 17, at Frank-Kalimuzo Central Teaching facility lecture room, Makerere University in Kawempe Division, Prof Wandera assaulted...
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466Dr Oledo sues UMA Executive over impeachment
Dr Oledo accuses the association members of double standards, wondering why they never investigated him last year after he knelt down and...
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640FULL LIST: Police outlines acts no longer punishable under Idle & Disorderly Law
According to Police, the following behaviours are no longer punishable by law is Idle and disorderly where any person including a prostitute,...
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360Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana case hearing pushed to February 2023
Court registrar Pamela Lamunu Ocaya said the postponement was made due to the absence of trial Judge, Alice Komuhangi Khauka.
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1.4KAdjumani Hospital Pharmacist charged with theft of drugs worth shs12m, granted bail
The pharmacist has subsequently been interdicted by Adjumani CAO Mr Oryono Grandfield pending the determination of his case by the anti-corruption court.
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778‘Idle’ Supreme Court gets another multi-billion temporary home
The development comes amidst heavy criticism from the public, with many condemning the highest court in the country of indefinitely suspending operations...
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1.0KPolice accuses rats of eating 200kg of seized Cannabis
When court asked the police to produce the seized drug as evidence, it was told that 195kg of cannabis had been “destroyed”...
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904KIGO LAND: Ham seeks cancellation of Pearl Group Land titles over illegal trespass
Kiggundu said the commissioner land registration issued the public survey report as an official body and it is mandated to uphold and...
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Court defines new rules on family property, marriage doesn’t guarantee an automatic half-share
According to the ruling, sharing of property in divorce is more complicated than assuming 50 percent for each party depending on the...
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607PROFILES: Museveni appoints three new judges to Supreme Court
In a letter addressed to the Speaker dated October 31, Museveni appointed Justices Christopher Madrama Izama, Stephen Musota and Elizabeth Musoke to the...
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737Ex-lawmaker gets 50 years in jail for husband’s murder
The former congresswoman was also found guilty of trying to murder her husband with poison on at least six previous occasions, as...
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1.2KBukwo LC5 chairman charged over defilement, aggravated child trafficking
Mr Chelimo faces the death penalty if found guilty of aggravated trafficking in children and life imprisonment for charges related to aggravated...
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1.0KHigh Court dustbins five cases against Nakivubo stadium renovation
In a ruling delivered by High Court Judge Civil Division Justice Musa Ssekaana, Court upheld the application that was filed in by...
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553NUP’s Nyanzi loses bid to block sh38m payment to Nsereko in lost case
Nyanzi’s appeal has been dismissed with further costs by Justice Musa Ssekaana on grounds that it was an afterthought having been filed...
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349Court aquits former Uganda Airlines CEO Muleya
Court acquitted Muleya and set him free saying that he was satisfied with his defense that by the time he was summoned...
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803Gulu lawyer who stabbed husband charged with murder, remanded
Dr Etuk, 34 succumbed to wounds on arrival at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital where he had been rushed for emergency treatment.
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425Makerere students lose court bid to block suspension of Guild elections
On July 15th, Makerere University Council suspended the students’ guild and indefinitely deferred elections for the university’s 88th Guild President after Betungura...
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307Court convicts businessman Mukesh Shukla of fraud, fined sh12m
In her ruling, magistrate Mangeni fined Mukesh Shs 2 million on each of the six counts and for failure to pay, he...
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Entebbe businessman remanded to Kigo for masquerading as State House official
Presiding over the court on Monday, the acting Principal Senior Magistrate Grade One Stella Okwong Paculal sent Agaba back to prison saying...