On Friday, January 31, 2025, Justice Philip Willebrord Mwaka dismissed an appeal by Thomas Okello, who sought to challenge the previous judgment by His Worship Phillips Oji, the former Patongo Grade One Magistrate delivered on April 23, 2021, which recognized the widows as the rightful occupants of the land.
Kalali contests Section 115 of the Penal Code Act, which criminalizes indecent assaults and insulting the modesty of a woman or girl, punishable by 14 years or 1-year imprisonment, respectively.
According to court proceedings, Bagajire provided false information to the police, claiming that his 13-year-old daughter, a primary four pupil at Masindi Army Primary School, had been grabbed and defiled by Vincent Katwesige, a 23-year-old inmate from Masindi Prison.
The suspects were arrested on Tuesday during police-led operations aimed at cracking down curfew violators in Budhumbuli and Wanyama zones within Bugembe ward in Jinja City.
Defense lawyer Humphrey Tumwesigye said to be an expert, it doesn’t only mean one must have gone through formal education. “You can become an expert through experience,” he told court.
It is alleged that Olwenyi slapped Nyamwenge on Thursday night at their home located in block H, Walukuba-Masese division, Jinja municipality after he found clothes of another man in the house.
The caterpillars have entered the court hall, compound and administration offices, making it difficult for court authorities to attend to their daily duties.
The three; Samuel Kironde, Godfrey Ssemugga and Dan Kafeero, appeared before the Jinja Grade One Magistrates Court, alongside a businessman, Hakim Ssenyunja with whom they allegedly connived to leak 2018 Primary Leaving Examinations.
Appearing before Beatrice Kainza, the City Hall Grade One Magistrate on Tuesday, Chelangat, who is also the last state witness said she had found significant similarities in the signatures on documents the accused used for receipting the money and their statements.
Kirunda’s woes stem from his plan to renovate Kakindu Stadium by constructing modern toilets and a pavilion, which however was challenged by the pastor of Christ Commission Ministries Ibrahim Omaido whose church is near the stadium.
On Wednesday when journalists entered the courtroom Aisu singled out Robert Atuhairwe, a New Vision reporter based and ordered him out of the courtroom with other journalists.
On Friday, Masindi High Court Judge Albert Rugadya Atwooki reduced the sentence for both offences from seven years to five years. Justice Rugadya also ruled that Kyongoza will serve both sentences concurrently.
Residents expressed their concern in a consultative meeting with Judicial Service Commission officials at the district magistrate’s court offices recently.
