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Businessman Mukesh remanded over Shs220m fraud

Uganda, May 15 -- Renowned Kampala-based businessman, Mukesh Shukla has been remanded to Luzira prison on charges of obtaining money by false pretence. Mukesh, who is the chief executive director of ... Read More


Court dismisses petition challenging venereal disease law

Uganda, May 15 -- The Constitutional Court has dismissed a petition in which health rights activists were challenging the legality of the Venereal Diseases Act, reasoning that the law has since been r... Read More


ADF boss confesses to killing two tourists,driver

Uganda, May 13 -- A man suspected to be a commander of the rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) has confessed to commanding the killing of two tourists and their guide in October 2023. The accu... Read More


Lubowa Hospital construction agreements did not violate law - Court

Uganda, May 13 -- The Constitutional Court has ruled that the agreements made for the construction and management of the International Specialised Hospital of Uganda at Lubowa were not in violation of... Read More


Fate of military court prosecuting civilians awaits judgment

Uganda, May 13 -- A panel of seven judges, led by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo, has announced that the fate of the Military Court's jurisdiction in trying civilians will be delivered on notice by... Read More


Jailed capital offenders duping courts, say prisons

Uganda, May 11 -- Prisoners on remand have developed a favourable scheme in an effort to extricate capital offenders from likely severe sentences, senior officials at the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) ... Read More


Businessman remanded for allegedly forging documents to obtain loan

Uganda, May 9 -- A Kampala businessman, Christopher Kibuuka, 47, has been charged in Buganda Road Court with obtaining a Shs200 million loan from Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) through forged documents. Ki... Read More


Policeman jailed 50 years for strangling to death colleague's 9-year-old daughter

Uganda, May 8 -- Court has sentenced a 48-year-old policeman to 50 years in prison after he was convicted of murder by strangulation. Inspector of Police (IP) Emmanuel Wilson Abura was convicted of s... Read More


Court fines teacher Shs4.6m for spreading malicious information against former headteacher

Uganda, May 8 -- A former primary school teacher at Edu-Care Junior School in Wakaliga, Kampala has been sentenced to pay a court fine of Shs4.6m or spend 1year in prison in default for spreading hate... Read More


'Allow me go and die from home', 75-year-old defilement remandee pleads with judge

Uganda, May 8 -- A 75-year-old ailing man who has been on remand at Luzira Prison for three years following his arrest on aggravated defilement charges pleaded with a High Court judge in Kampala to se... Read More