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In a landmark decision that is set to reshape the justice system, the Supreme Court has ruled that trying civilians in military courts is unconstitutional. The judgment, delivered by a...

Human rights activist and lawyer Steven Kalali has filed a petition with the East African Court of Justice, challenging the nine-month sentence of Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye's lawyer, Eron Kiiza,...

The statement released today 8 January 2025 by Isaac K. Ssemakadde, President, Uganda Law Society, reads that the Uganda Law Society (ULS) has taken note of the nine-month contempt imprisonment...

Tensions escalated at the General Court Martial in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda's capital, when city lawyer Eron Kiiza, who represents political activist Dr. Col. Warren Kizza Besigye, was...

Precious Tumuhirwe, a 35-year-old housemaid, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison by the Kira Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to charges of torturing a 4-year-old child. The sentencing...

Famed local dancehall artist Patrick Mulwana, better known as Alien Skin, was on November 29, 2024 with stringent restrictions on his movements. He was released alongside his bodyguard, Julius Mugabi,...

After several years of delays for various reasons, Uganda officially commenced the long-anticipated construction of the 272-kilometer Standard Gauge Railway, a modern railway link connecting Kampala to Malaba at the...

Uganda's President Gen (RTD) Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has decided to pardon 19 young supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP). These individuals were convicted for various crimes, including treachery and...

The Gomba Magistrates Court has today November 21, 2024, remanded the Assistant Resident District Commissioner (A/RDC) for Rukiga district, Ivan Majambere Kamuntu Semakula, to prison on charges of land grabbing...