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Masaka High Court has granted bail to four National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters, including Edward Ssebuufu, alias Eddie Mutwe, and Achilleo Kivumbi, more than a year after their previous bail application was rejected. The four, Ssebuufu, Kivumbi, Gaddafi Mugumya and Grace Wakabi, alias...

NRM’s Daniel Kananura has told the High Court in Wakiso that heavy military deployment in Bweyogerere and Kireka parishes scared away some of his supporters during the January General Election. Kananura, who is challenging the election of NUP’s George Musisi as Kira Municipality MP, told court...

The Masaka High Court has acquitted two men accused of killing 10 students in a 2018 dormitory fire at a school in Rakai District. In a lengthy ruling, Justice Victoria Nakintu Katamba agreed with court assessors that the prosecution had failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Alex...

Two residents of Kariba have taken the Zimbabwean Government to court, demanding safe and reliable ferry services on Lake Kariba, weeks after a ferry disaster killed 97 people. Fishermen Tonderai Ndevani and Chilumbo Mudenda filed an urgent application at the High Court in Chinhoyi against the...

Hii ndiyo nia ya hawa hayawani. Hawataki kabisa mtu huyu awe huru iwe mvua au jua. Lakini mimi nasema, Tundu Lissu si mhaini, fullstop!! ================ Kinachoendelea leo Mahakama Kuu ya Tanzania, obvious mambo si mambo kwa Jamhuri wakiongozwa na Wakili wao mkuu, Nassoro Katuga. DPP na...

Senior Principal Grade One Magistrate Winnie Nakanya Jatiko has declined to recuse herself from lawyer Male Mabirizi Kiwanuka’s case, ruling that his claims did not establish a real possibility of bias. Mabirizi had cited criminal complaints he filed against the magistrate, an alleged remark...

Ten activists affiliated with Rooted in Resistance remain in custody following their latest appearance before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kampala. The group faces charges of public nuisance stemming from an August protest march to Parliament, where they sought to petition...

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Mahakama Kuu imebatilisha mauzo ya asilimia 15 ya hisa za Serikali katika Safaricom kwa Vodacom, ikisema mchakato wa divestiture ulifanywa kinyume na Katiba na sheria. Uamuzi huo una maana kuwa hisa hizo, ambazo zilikuwa tayari zimehamishwa kwa Vodacom, zinapaswa kurejeshwa kwa Serikali ya...

Mahakama Kuu imeunga mkono sheria inayozuia Rais mstaafu kushikilia nafasi rasmi ya uongozi katika chama cha kisiasa zaidi ya miezi sita baada ya kuondoka madarakani. Justice Lawrence Mugambi alitupilia mbali kesi iliyokuwa inapinga Section 6 ya Presidential Retirement Benefits Act, akisema...

The High Court has granted bail to former Parliament Director of Communications, Chris Obore, setting his cash bail at UGX 30 million. As part of the conditions, Obore was ordered to deposit his land title in Kiwanga, Mukono and his passport with court. His sureties were bonded at UGX 300...

British-American national Andrew Wilson, also known as “Orlando,” has told the High Court in Kampala that Dr Kizza Besigye arrived at a private meeting in Nairobi with two pistols loaded with live ammunition. Wilson made the allegation on Monday while continuing his testimony in the ongoing...

Ugandan socialite Christian Asiimwe, popularly known as Don Chris, was on Wednesday escorted to the City Hall Court cells to answer fraud charges linked to an overseas job scam. Photos from the court premises show him clad in a white hoodie, hands restrained, as police officers led him past...

A 24-year-old university student has appeared in court in Zimbabwe facing allegations of stealing more than US$1.1 million from CABS through a sophisticated cyberattack. The accused, Sabelo Malunga, a final-year Computer Science student, allegedly gained unauthorised access to the bank’s...

Michael Katungi Mpeirwe is set to remain in custody as he awaits a directive from the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs on his possible surrender to the United States, after the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court cleared the way for his extradition. The decision was delivered on...

Baada ya upande wa Jamhuri kuishia njiani kwa kuleta mashahidi 17 tu kati ya 30 waliopaswa kutoa ushahidi wao dhidi ya kesi iliyopewa Jina la "kesi ya uhaini" dhidi Mwenyekiti wa CHADEMA Taifa Mh Tundu Lissu, hatimaye leo Tundu Lissu ameanza kujitetea. Kwa kifupi sana, utetezi wako umejikita...

Video courtesy of Daily Monitor Eight medical interns arrested during a protest over delayed deployment and unpaid allowances are appearing before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court today, as they seek bail following their arrest last week. The interns were arrested on August 12 along...

The father of a 28-year-old mason has asked the Kitgum Chief Magistrate’s court to jail his son, saying a custodial sentence would give his 72-year-old mother a much-needed reprieve from his alleged abusive behaviour. Michael Acaye made the plea on Thursday during the hearing of a case against...

The Anti-Corruption Magistrate’s Court has committed seven Parliamentary officials to the High Court to face trial over corruption related charges. During the proceedings, defence lawyer Asuman Basalirwa told court that he had lost contact with one of the accused, Ms Stella Itute, and was...

The court in Kamuli District has handed a five-year jail term and ordered John Isabirye, 45, to pay Shs8m for the theft of three cows belonging to Mr John Mitala, a livestock farmer in Bugeywa Parish, Butansi Sub-County. Chief Magistrate Paul Owino Abdnoson of Kamuli Magistrate's Court found...