Justice

Four suspected thieves killed in Lira

Four suspected thieves killed in Lira

Mob in Lira killed four suspected thieves who broke into a saloon and stole property last Friday at around 0300hrs. The four thugs are yet to be identified, one survived and was identified as Odongo Bonny and is currently admitted at Lira Regional Referral Hospital Emergency Ward. This happened at Kichope, in Ojwina Division, Lira […]

Judicial officers halt strike until February 2018

Judicial officers halt strike until February 2018

Judges under their umbrella body, Uganda Judicial Officers Association have voted to halt their impending sit down strike until February 12th so as to look into the new salary structure by government. The officers made the resolution during an Extraordinary General Meeting at the High Court in Kampala on Monday. Speaking during the meeting, Principal […]

Parliament mourns Deputy Chief Justice Kikonyogo

Parliament mourns  Deputy Chief Justice Kikonyogo

Parliament has paid tribute to the late former Deputy Chief Justice Leticia Mary Mukasa  Kikonyogo  who passed away at Mulago hospital  after losing battle to  a heart attack. MPS in a special sitting eulogizing  the  late  and chaired by the deputy speaker Jacob Oualanyah  recognized the justice kikonyogo  as an advocate of justice, rule of […]

Parliament asks Attorney General to table Judiciary bill

Parliament asks Attorney General to table Judiciary bill

Parliament has demanded the office of the Attorney general to urgently table the Administration of the judiciary bill which is still lying in the Attorney general’s office. The bill was proposed after the president promise to make undertaking to improve the retirement benefits of judges. The deputy speaker Jacob Oulanyah said that parliament had given […]

Child Sacrifice: DPP calls for death penalty

Child Sacrifice: DPP calls for death penalty

The director of public prosecution, Mike Chibita, has asked members of parliament to include in the prevention and prohibition of human sacrifice and harmful practices bill a provision that sentences persons involved in child sacrifice to death. Chibita made the remarks while speaking at a consultative meeting on the proposed prevention and prohibition of human […]

Jean-Pierre Bemba convicted of witness tampering

Jean-Pierre Bemba convicted of witness tampering

The former Congolese Vice President, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, who is serving an 18-year prison sentence for crimes against humanity and war crimes, was convicted of coaching witnesses and bribing them to give false testimony. The applicable law was Article 70(1) of the Rome Statute which addresses various forms of conduct that may encroach upon the […]

Parliament defers motion to lift judges’ age limit

Parliament defers motion to lift judges’ age limit

Parliament has indefinitely deferred the motion to amend the constitution to lift the age limit for judges. Parliament threw out the motion in proceedings  chaired by the speaker of parliament Rebecca kadaga which was seeking leave to cause a constitutional amendment to allow the extension of the serving age of judicial officers on the basis that the mover who is […]

UHRC asks government to uphold rights of Ugandans

UHRC asks government to uphold rights of Ugandans

Government has been tasked to uphold the economic, social and cultural rights of Ugandans even as it pursues the campaign to transform the country’s economy. Uganda has been a signatory to the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Treaty since 1987 which mandates the country to uphold those rights. Now speaking ahead of the […]

Saudi Arabia leading in mistreatment of Ugandan workers – PLA

Saudi Arabia leading in mistreatment of Ugandan workers – PLA

Saudi Arabia tops  a list of countries which are mistreating  Ugandans working in Arab countries followed by Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates according to a research by Platform for Labour Action. The June 2016 report handed over to parliament’s committee on Gender indicates that majority of Ugandans in the Middle East are victims of international […]

FDC youth group opposes removal of age limit clause

FDC youth group opposes removal of age limit clause

In their bid to oppose plans by Museveni group to remove the age-limit clause from the constitution, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has formed a new youth group which is going in and around Kampala mobilizing against the move. The leader of the group, Kantayomba Olive Pearl was arrested last week by police in Kabaawo Mutundwe-Rubaga Division mobilizing […]