A fire has gutted the office of Chief Justice Owiny Dollo at the Supreme Court chambers in Kololo. Reports indicate that the fire started inside Chief Justice Owiny Dollo’s office before he reported for work, but two judges of the Supreme Court, Elidaad Mwangushya and Mike Chibita, were on the premises and escaped unhurt. No…
The Principal Judge of Uganda Dr Flavian Zeija has survived an assassination attempt. This has been revealed by the Judiciary Public Relations Officer Jamson Karemani on Sunday. According to Karemani, the gun attack on Dr Zeija occurred on Saturday evening at about 7pm along Kampala-Masaka Highway when unknown gunmen shot at his convoy. “The Judiciary…
The Court of Appeal has ruled that in future, lawyers who refuse to receive court documents on behalf of their clients should be held personally accountable for their decision and pay costs in such cases. This land mark decision was made on Friday by a panel of three Court of Appeal Justices comprised of Elizabeth…
Parliament’s adhoc committee investigating the Naguru-Nakawa land row is probing the manner in which some companies and individuals acquired land. The committee interacted with some of the companies and individuals of interest including Anil Damani, a private investor. Damani told the committee chaired by Hon. Dan Atwijukiire that he acquired three acres of land in…
Security personnel attached to the Aviation Police at Entebbe International Airport have so far intercepted 15 victims of human trafficking destined for Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and Oman in the last week. A report brief to police headquarters and the Ministry of Internal Affairs Anti-human trafficking department shows that the victims who include 14 young girls…
The High Court in Tororo has sentenced the Tororo District National Resistance Movement-NRM Secretary-General Richard Ojore, to 30 years in prison for murder. Ojore, Geoffrey Imai, and Moses Emojong were arrested in September 2020 and charged with three counts of murder, attempted murder, and aggravated robbery. According to the prosecution, the three during the NRM…
133 suspected thugs have been arrested in operations against a new spate of pang-wielding attacks in the Kampala Metropolitan Area. More than 25 people have so far been injured in three separate attacks in Namungoona, Kyengera, Kawempe, and Nabweru-Nansana areas in the past two weeks by machete-wielding assailants, who rob cash, mobile phones, and other…
An Aeroplane belonging to Rwanda Air has this morning veered off the runway as it was landing at Entebbe International Airport. According to the statement issued by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, the incident happened at 5:31 am as a Rwanda Air CRJ 9 aircraft, flight number 464, skidded off the runway. The CAA says…
Flying Squad Unit of Uganda Police is hunting for yet to be known armed thugs who robbed investor gold worth shs5.5 billion in Kiryandongo. The incident happened on Friday last week around 12am in Bweyale town council, Kiryandongo district when the thugs, donning military-like fatigue with an AK-47 and pistol robbed eight bags belonging to…
The Uganda Police Force Traffic and Road Safety Directorate on Monday said they were hunting for the driver of a Fuso trucker registration number UBB 288W who fled the scene immediately after hitting and dragging a Toyota Premio resulting into a fatal accident. Faridah Nampiima the Traffic Police spokesperson noted that four people were killed…
