Besigye Trial Opens In His Absence, first Prosecution Witness Testifies
The High Court in Kampala began hearing the treason case against jailed opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye in his absence. At the commencement of the trial, the prose...
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Lukwago Withdraws From Besigye Defence
Lukwago Withdraws From Besigye DefenceThe withdrawal comes days after the High Court ruled that Besigye and Lutale still had access to adequate legal representation despi...
Besigye associates Ingrid, Nyanjura go into hiding after arrest threats as case resumes
The two opposition figures, who have attended almost every court session since Besigye was charged, are said to have received information that they would be targeted if t...
Lawyers demand live streaming of Besigye treason trial
Dr Kizza Besigye in the dockA group of 18 Ugandan lawyers has petitioned the Judiciary to allow live streaming of the treason trial of Dr Kizza Besigye and his co-accused...
Court backs URA in VAT dispute over the word “serviced apartments” with Kampala businessman
The Royal Palms Apartments in NakaseroThe phrase “serviced apartment” became the centre of a tax dispute between businessman Sharad Karia and the Uganda Revenue Autho...
Nabakooba suspends issuance of special land titles
The Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Ms Judith Nabakooba addressing ministry officials during the staff meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister on A...
Ssegona challenges DPP’s role in Katungi extradition proceedings
Lawyers representing former UPDF officer Michael Katungi Mpeirwe have challenged the DPP’s involvement in his extradition case, arguing that extradition is not a crimin...
Untold Story: How Dragging Prisons Boss Dr Byabashaija In Move To Implicate 2010 Kampala Bomb Suspects As Masterminds Of Joan Kagezi Murder Scared Gen Kayihura…
City lawyer Kenneth Paul Kakande has revealed that when Joan Kagezi the Assistant Director of Public Prosecution who was also the leading prosecutor in the 2010 Kampala b...
Ggaba Murder Convict Okello Narrates To Trump Envoy How He Survived Being Lynched By Angry Female Prison Warders…
Okello was transferred from Luzira Upper maximum-security prison to Murchison Bay where he is receiving treatment for sickle cells and getting counselling from experts be...
High Court Dismisses Besigye, Lutale Case Challenging Exclusion of Martha Karua and Detention of Lukwago
Dr Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Obed Lutale have lost a case challenging the exclusion of their lead lawyer, Martha Karua, SC, from Uganda and the detention of their...