The State has withdrawn its objection to the bail application of MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya (Kawempe North) and Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West). The bail application hearing for the two MPs is ongoing at Masaka High Court and Justice Lawrence Tweyanze is in charge of the hearing. On behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Senior…
The Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP has explained why charges against Kampala businessman, Hassan Basajjabalaba, and his brother Muzamiru Basajjabalaba, were dropped two months ago. In 2013, Basajjabalaba and his brother Muzamiru were sued in the Anti-Corruption Court after they had been accused of not paying taxes arising out of the 142 Billion Shillings they had…
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn charges of money laundering against human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo. Opiyo, the Executive Director of Chapter Four Uganda, was violently arrested on 22nd December 2020 by plain-clothed law enforcement officers. He was later charged under section 3 (c) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act on…
Justice Jane Frances Abodo, the Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn terrorism charges against eleven people who were accused of killing Major Muhammad Kiggundu in 2017. The suspects are Abdulaziz Abdushakur Musoke, Sulaiman Wayaba alias Bashir Lukenge, Bashir Nyangisho alias Abdallah Katata Byansi alias Abdallah Katata, Sulait Majid Lukwago and Fikil Yusuf Alqaeda Abasi. Others…
The Director of Public Prosecutions Justice Jane Frances Abodo has directed the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development A.D Kibenge to interdict Equal Opportunities Commission Chairperson Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi as she battles corruption and abuse of office charges in the Anti Corruption Court. This website has learnt that on November…
The Anti-Corruption Court awaits the appearance of the chairperson of Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi, today Thursday, October 29 without fail to answer several charges of causing financial loss, embezzlement, corruption, abuse of office and conspiracy to defraud. Ms Ntambi failed to appear before court on Wednesday, 07 October 2020 following earlier criminal…
The Directorate of the Public Prosecutions (DPP) has closed its offices to the public after a staff tested positive for the Covid-19. According to the statement issued on Wednesday by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Jane Frances Abodo, members of the public, DPP field staff and stakeholders have been advised not to visit the office…
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Justice Jane Abodo has rejected requests from top city lawyers to remove former Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor Louis Kasekende and the former Director for Commercial Banks Supervision Justine Bagyenda from a charge sheet. The charge sheet already has Benedict Sekabira, BoU’s Director for Financial Markets Development Coordination (FMDC).T…
The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) her lordship Jane Frances Abodo is determined to bring justice to owners of defunct banks; International Credit Bank (ICB), Greenland Bank and Cooperative Bank whose properties were taken over and sold by Bank of Uganda dubiously. The DPP had last week ordered police to round up, question and search…
The days of running for former Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor Louis Kasekende, former Director Compliance Justine Bagyenda, Ben Sekabira, the Director for Financial Markets Development Coordinator and other Central Bank officials who were involved in the fraudulent sale of Teefe Trust Bank, Greenland Bank, Crane Bank and other defunct commercial banks are over. This…
