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Daily Monitor
Thursday February 11 2021
The head of Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Ms Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi, at parliament on June 15, 2020. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Justice Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn corruption charges against Ms Ntambi. PHOTO | FILE
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In a January 18 notice to the Anticorruption Court, Justice Abodo withdrew 14 charges against Ms Ntambi, hardly three months after she was committed to the High Court for trial.
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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Justice Jane Frances Abodo, has withdrawn corruption charges against the chairperson of Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Ms Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi.
In a January 18 notice to the Anticorruption Court, Justice Abodo withdrew 14 charges against Ms Ntambi, hardly three months after she was committed to the High Court for trial.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday December 30 2020
Businessman Matthew Kanyamunyu arrives for a hearing of his case at the High Court in Kampala in 2017. He is currently serving a five-year jail term in Luzira prison. PHOTO | ABUBAKER LUBOWA.
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Businessman Matthew Kanyamunyu is now serving a five-year jail term in Luzira prison for killing children rights activist Kenneth Akena in 2016 near Lugogo in Kampala.
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The year ending saw rather less activity in the courtrooms compared to previous years due to the long lockdown occasioned by the desire to prevent spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the low activity in the courts, a number of cases dominated the justice system.