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16:48
16:48

Backlash as Minister Ssempijja Demands UGX94 Million over Lost Election 2021 elections 2

Ahmed Nyombi Mukiibi, the Kalungu district Local Council Chairperson expresses disappointment with the new application, arguing that it is going to reawaken the unwanted political squabbles among leaders, which is likely to affect social services delivery in the area. He challenges Ssempijja to reconsider the application, indicating that the district is grappling with serious challenges that require all leaders to work together in looking for solutions from wherever they can.
08:55
08:55

Small Claims Procedure Recovers UGX 328 million in Masaka 1 1

The money was recovered from 11,675 small claims disputes that were disposed of by the magistrates attached to the Masaka circuit through a more simplified and speedy process that does not subject parties to the long litigation route.
18:52
18:52

Three Charged for Stealing The Late Justice Kibuuka-Musoke's Properties 1

The trio and others still at large allegedly stole 10 pairs of shoes, 20 suits, 12 neckties, a pair of robes and head wigs, several portraits, and other personal properties that belonged to the late retired judge.
14:22
14:22

Land Dispute Cases Clog Masaka Magistrates Court Registry 3 1

The Masaka Chief Magistrate Sylvia Nvannungi, the Masaka Chief Magistrate indicates that almost 89 percent of these backlog cases are land civil disputes that arose from the rulings delivered in lower courts.
20:00
20:00

Children Authority Challenges One-Year Prison Sentence for Defilement Mediator 3

Last week, the Masaka Chief Magistrate Charles Yeteise convicted Simeo Ssenkyama, the Malongo Sub County Chairperson in Lwengo district, to one-year imprisonment or a fine of two million Shillings after he was found guilty of misusing his office to initiate negotiations aimed at concealing a defilement and sanctioning the marriage of a 12-year-old girl.
13:50
13:50

Residents Want Sub County Chairperson Censured For Abetting Sexual Abuse 1

Ssenkyama’s troubles stem from a judgment by Masaka Chief Magistrate’s Court which convicted him for conspiring with offenders to marry off an underage age girl of 12 years, who had also been defiled.
10:09
10:09

Sub County Chairperson Sentenced for Conspiring to Marry Off 12-year Old Girl

During the hearing, the prosecution told the court that in December 2017, Ssenkyama in his capacity as Malongo LC III chairperson unlawfully arbitrated in the matter of aggravated defilement against a twelve-year-old girl who was in primary five at Lwemiyaga primary school in Lwengo.
18:10
18:10

MPs Ssewanyana, Ssegirinya Decry Rights Violations, Remanded Again 2 2

The MP were separately presented before the Masaka Grade One Magistrate Grace Wakooli and Chief Magistrate Charles Yeitese, for further mention of murder and terrorism charges, and the amendments in their earlier charge sheet respectively.
17:59
17:59

Masaka Murder Suspects Complain of Torture in Detention Centres 1

The two groups of suspects who were on Wednesday afternoon aligned before the Masaka Grade One and Chief Magistrate courts accused security operatives of torturing them to accept the offences preferred against them.
19:47
19:47

Court Stops Kalungu East Vote Recount 2 1 Top story

The Chief Magistrate, Charles Yeitesi, who had issued a vote recount order on Monday declined to continue with the exercise after it emerged that the seal on one of the ballot boxes delivered in court was broken.
06:58
06:58

NUP Supporters Granted Bail, Spend Night in Prison 4 1

Magellan Kazibwe, the lead lawyer who represented the accused persons says, they failed to complete the process of securing the court production warrants, required to order prison authorities to produce the suspect for their eventual release.
18:24
18:24

MP Theodore Ssekikubo Rearrested Denis Musinguzi 1

Paul Kangave, the Greater Masaka Regional Police Spokesperson confirmed the MPs arrest but for allegedly inciting violence. He however, declined to divulge specifics of the charges against Ssekikubo but said his file has been sanctioned, adding that the MP will appear in court.
14:04
14:04

MP Theodore Ssekikubo Released on Bail 1 1

Masaka Chief Magistrate Deogratius Ssejjemba released Ssekikubo on a noncash bail of 10 million Shillings. His five sureties were also executed on a non-cash bond of 25 million each Shillings. The sureties included MPs Barnabas Tinkansimire, Anifa Kawooya, Mary Kabanda, Florence Namayanja and Lwemiyaga sub-county councillor Johnstone Kamugisha.
16:23
16:23

Mp Ssekikubo Charged, Remanded to Masaka Prison 1

Ssekikubo was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and inciting violence; cases which stem from spates of violence witnessed during the National Resistance Movement, NRM party primaries in Sembabule District, in August 2010.
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