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09 Jan '26
Lawyers representing human rights activist, Sarah Bireete, have filed urgent applications seeking a production warrant to have her brought before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court.They are arguing that her charge and remand are unlawful and violate constitutional safeguards.T
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24 Dec '25
YouTuber Shalom Kaweesi has been released on bail by the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makindye.Shalom was granted bail on a non-cash bond of Shs 5 million, with each of his sureties also bonded for a non-cash Shs 5 million.He was arrested and detained on charges of cyber harassment
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23 Nov '25
Justice Egonda-Ntende said he is often disturbed by reports from magistrates’ courts, especially in cases involving bail applications. Justice Martin Stephen Egonda-Ntende, a Justice of the Court of Appeal and one of Uganda’s most respected jurists, has expressed frustration with what
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21 May '25
Nakawa Chief Magistrates’ Court has allowed veteran politician Dr. Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Hajji Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya to meet freely with their lawyers and a limited number of family members. This is a welcome move after months of limited contact d
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22 Jan '24
Two years ago, former Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Stanley Ntagali was suspended from his priestly duties over adultery charges. Ntagali was accused of bonking another man’s wife to cabbages and even sired a kid with her.According to a letter addressed to Ntagali, the retired bisho