Supreme Court Set to Decide If Life Imprisonment Means 20 Years or Forever
Uganda’s upreme Court is set to determine whether life imprisonment in Uganda means 20 years or a convict’s entire life, during a planned two-day constituti...
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Lawyers Stranded After Chief Magistrate Kidasa Sets Tough Conditions On Releasing Mabirizi After Constitutional Court Decision…
Lawyers representing maverick city lawyer Male Mabirizi are stranded after Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Ritah Kidasa Wanyama set tough conditions if she is to dismiss cr...
FULL LIST: Judicial Service Commission Announces Over 80 Job Vacancies in New Recruitment Drive
The Principal Judge Flavian Zeija lecturing on the topic of the operations of the Judiciary as one of the arms of Government the Resident District Commissioners, Resident...
Judicial Service Commission opens search for next deputy chief justice
The Judicial Service Commission has launched a formal search for Uganda’s next deputy chief justice, following the recent promotion of Dr. Flavian Zeija to lead th...
Mabirizi Further Remanded as Prosecution Moves to Verify Sureties
The matter came up before Chief Magistrate Ritah Neumbe Kidasa on Wednesday. Through his lawyers, Anthony Asiimwe and Yasin Ssentumbwe Munagomba, Mabirizi applied for bai...
Law Society Fires Back at CJ Zeija: Judges Are Not Immune From Criticism
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has issued a sharply worded statement rejecting what it described as an attempt by incoming Chief Justice Flavian Zeija to silence critics on...
Judiciary Kicks Off 2026 Law Year with Call for Professionalism and Innovation
The Judiciary has officially launched the 2026 Law Year, calling on legal practitioners to embrace professionalism, innovation, and creativity in addressing challenges wi...
Mabirizi Remanded for Abusing Justice Ssekaana Again
According to the prosecution, led by Chief State Attorney Joan Keko and Richard Birivumbuka, Mabirizi allegedly used his TikTok handle @male.mabirizi to circulate false c...
Museveni Pushes Alternative Justice Systems as Judiciary Faces Backlog
President Yoweri Museveni has urged judicial officers to prioritise Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms as a way of addressing Uganda’s long-standing c...
Dr Flavian Zeija sworn in as Uganda’s new Chief Justice
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commended the growing collaboration within Uganda’s Judiciary, saying it has played a key role in ensuring stability and impro...