According to the court, while at Petua Garden Katakwi Town Council in Katakwi District on March 10th, 2023, Okot was found in possession of the six ostrich eggs without a wildlife use right.
Ochiba was sentenced on Friday by Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu. He was found in illegal possession of elephant ivory weighing 9.55 kilograms without a wildlife user right.
The Chief Magistrate said that it was terrible and gross for the two men to hunt and kill the innocent lions from a protected place where they are expected to be safe and most especially in a country like Uganda where it is known that lions are not edible.
For this particular case, Ssegirinya was arrested on March 22, 2021, from Mini Price, Kampala while staging a protest against the outcome of the January presidential elections and demanding the release of National Unity Platform supporters who were detained in various facilities across the country.
Huda Elradi Ali was on Tuesday has been fined by the Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu after being found guilty on two offences of false declaration and giving false information to the passport officer at the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kampala on May 24th 2021.
Although the prosecution team led by Joan Keko and Jacqueline Akao told the court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu that they were ready to present witnesses and start the trial, the defence team said that they had not been served with witness statements and other disclosures the Prosecution intends to rely on during the hearing.
Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu extended the summons it had issued in December 2020 after being informed that Mondo is yet to recover from COVID 19.
Meanwhile Forum for Democratic Change’s Ingrid Turinawe has also been charged separately and remanded to Luzira over common nuisance and assault whose crime scene is at Central Police Station Kampala.
Nyanzi’s heard her sentence through video conferencing live from Luzira Prison, while hundreds of her supporters filled the courtroom. On the live link, she was seen stripping naked and heard uttering obscenities, in what was interpreted as a sign of protest. But the images and the volume were muted by the technical team.
However, Kamasanyu has acquitted her of the offense of offensive communication because Prosecution has failed to adduce evidence to show how the President was annoyed.
Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu told the court that the trial Magistrate was away on leave and advised Bajjo's lawyers to seek guidance from the Acting Chief Magistrate Robert Mukanza to advise if he can instruct any other Magistrate to deliver a ruling on their bail application.
