In Vernon Parish, a herd of wild horses has roamed the Kisatchie National Forest for years.Some people speculate that the horses have been there for centuries. And as far as the horses were concerned, the 48,000-acre forest in which they roamed was their habitat. After all, the Vernon Paris
Human rights activists have called for the implementation of non-custodial sentences to address Uganda’s prison congestion. The Commissioner of Prisons, Mr Apollo Baker Asinga, noted that between 2014 and 2015, the total prison population was about 42,619, but this number has since inc
(Jinja) – If there is one thing Ugandans know how to do well, it is survival by any means necessary. But Engineer Stephen Bogere, the pride of Jinja, and his trusted dog handler, Wycliffe Ntende, might have taken this survival instinct a bit too far. The duo found themselves on the wrong side of t
Kayunga Grade One Magistrate Faridah Ikimaana on September 16 halted court proceedings in a defilement case of a two-year-old and started a fundraising campaign to raise the medical fees. This was after the victim of the aggravated defilement (name withheld) had started passing stool fro
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Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to three anti-corruption protestors who staged a nude protest at Parliament earlier this month.The trio was on Thursday granted a noncash bond of Shs1 milli
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Three men in South Africa are accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs on their farm, a case that has outraged the public.The men appeared in court on Tuesday in the
The last time Babirye Nisha talked to her husband on the evening of May 27 he sounded melancholic: he complained of starvation and severe beating inside Ngenge Prison in Kapchorwa District. During the conversation by telephone that lasted for about a minute she
The Supreme Court has said it will ,at a future date, pronounce itself on the appeal filed by the Attorney challenging the Constitutional Court’s ruling that ordered the immediate release of former principal accountant in the Office of Prime Minister Geoffrey
Prof. Tom Davis Wasswa: From Printing Press to Pressing ProblemsThe Nakasero-based Anti-Corruption Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of former Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC) director, Prof. Tom Davis Wasswa. This isn’t your ordinary warrant –
The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has assumed the prosecution of the case involving Ugandan businessman Patrick Bitature and his wife, Carol Nzaro, concerning a $26 million commercial dispute with South African money lender Vantage Mezzanine Fund 11 Partnership. Chief State Attorney Joa
