The High Court in Kampala has scheduled February 25, 2025, to hear a habeas corpus application filed by Dr. Kizza Besigye’s lawyers, seeking his unconditional release from Luzira Prison. Justice Dr. Darglas Singinza will preside over the hearing. Besigye’s lawyers, led by Erias Lukwago, petitioned the court on February 5, […]
High Court Justice Musa Ssekaana on Friday ordered the immediate arrest and imprisonment of Isaac Ssemakadde, the President of the Uganda Law Society, for two years. This ruling follows an application filed by Mugisha Hashim, alleging that Ssemakadde’s public remarks on social media violated judicial principles and amounted to contempt […]
A team of seven lawyers, led by Erias Lukwago and Earnest Kalibala, petitioned the Buganda Road Magistrates Court on Friday, demanding the immediate release of veteran politician Dr. Kiiza Besigye from Luzira Prison. Lukwago argued that the court had previously granted Besigye bail, and with the Supreme Court’s nullification of […]
The High Court in Kampala has set February 21, 2025, to rule on Molly Katanga’s third bail application. Katanga, a 55-year-old widow, is accused of murdering her husband, Henry Katanga, on November 2, 2023. Justice Isaac Muwata rejected her two previous bail applications, ruling that she had not presented sufficient […]
Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader Dr. Kizza Besigye and activist Samuel Lubega Mukaaku are expected to appear in court on Friday for further hearing in the incitement to violence case against them. On February 11, 2025, Besigye declined to appear in court, citing indisposition. In a letter submitted […]
