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The Judiciary has embarked on a weeklong case settlement across the country in which several pending cases will be mediated and resolved in a bid to reduce the current case backlog. At Mengo Chief Magistrate, a total of 79 pending listed cases are expected to be resolved, and about eight trained mediators have been appointed to manage the mediation by guiding both parties involved to mutually settle their cases and accept the resolution. The mediators are composed of three court-accredited professionals,...

Agatha Authaire, a journalist turned local activist in Kampala, has found herself at the center of controversy as protesters continue to demand accountability for the huge, unspecified amount of funds she collected from well-wishers to process their bail applications. In her latest attempt to divert the attention of her victims from demanding accountability, Agatha, a single mother, claimed on Monday, August 5, 2024, that her life was under threat. She claimed a group of hitmen had been hired to harm her...

The ‘March to Parliament’ Protesters have come out to demand a fair distribution of funds raised on their behalf by Authaire Agather, Agora Discourse, and an online financial drive called ‘Go Fund Me’ led by Dr. Jacob Otile, a Ugandan doctor and human rights activist. According to Bosco Walugembe, a bar attendant at Obama Bar and Restaurant in Makindye division, about four protesters, joined by their friends and family members, to have some drinks at the bar on the night...

Some of the c who appeared before the Nakawa Magistrates Court on July 30, 2024, have vowed not to participate in any unlawful assembly after the court granted them bail, saying the organizers had other motives that they were not aware of. While speaking to the media immediately after being granted bail, social media influencer Bernard Ewalu Olupot said that the one week he spent in Luzira, he reflected upon his life and realized he was misled by people who...

Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has granted bail to 10 protestors of the March to Parliament demonstration. The group was part of the suspects arrested last Tuesday. Among those who were granted bail included the former Makerere University Guild President Maseruka Robert, who was released on UGX 100,000 cash bail and UGX 500,000 non-cash for the sureties. The other nine have been released on UGX 100,000 cash bail and UGX 300,000 non-cash for the sureties. They were represented by a team of...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has replaced imprisoned Permanent Secretary (PS) for Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, Geraldine Ssali, with Alex Kakooza, who was the former PS for Ministry of Education. The reshuffle happened during the Ministry of Trade top management committee meeting on Friday, July 26, 2024, convened by Francis Mwebesa, the Minister of Trade, and attended by the Ministers of State, undersecretaries, directors, and commissioners of the ministry. This comes after Ssali was arraigned before the Anti-Corruption court on...