The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo has issued a circular guiding prosecutors on implementing the Supreme Court’s judgment prohibiting the trial of civilians in military courts. The January 31, 2025, judgment orders the immediate cessation of all ongoing and pending trials involving civilians and Uganda People’s Defence […]
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has sworn in five additional state attorneys to fill positions that became vacant during a recent large-scale recruitment drive. This is after five previously recruited attorneys failed to report to their assigned duty stations after deployment. The new state attorneys took […]
The Kampala High Court adjourned the hearing of an application filed by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo, seeking to review criminal proceedings in businessman, Henry Katanga’s murder case. The DPP accuses the Nakawa Magistrate’s Court of exceeding its authority by accepting pleas and setting a bail hearing […]
BY PRECIOUS DELILAH The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has deployed the 100 newly recruited state attorneys to different courts across the country. The DPP, Justice Jane Frances Abodo, while flagging off the new government lawyers last Thursday, urged them to exhibit integrity, faithfulness and hard work […]
A Kenyan man has been sentenced to serve 16 months at Luzira prison after finding him guilty of cyber stalking the Ugandan Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Jane Frances Abodo. Trial Chief magistrate, Gladys Kamasanyu has noted that Oloo Jared Akumu has not been remorseful throughout his trial and hence […]
