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7 more gang members jailed for 2 years in Bor A court in the Jonglei State capital, Bor town has slapped a two-year jail term on each of the seven gang members it last week found guilty of public nuisance, terror, and criminal intimidation.  On Tuesday last week, ten gang members were jailed for two years by the Bor county court after they were found guilty of public nuisance. They were arrested late last month for wreaking havoc in parts of Bor. Mawut Ngang, the state police spokesperson in J...

Man jailed for 14 years for raping a boy in Bor A man was on Monday sentenced to a 14 years jail term by the High Court in Bor town of Jonglei State for raping a boy in October last year.  Speaking to reporters in Bor, Justice John Yel Aleu, the presiding judge, said the court passed the verdict Monday after it found Kook Arok guilty of forcefully sodomizing the 9-year-old boy last October.  Yesterday a case that is related to Gender-Based Violence (GBV), unfortunately, the accused raped a 9 ...

Rape convict gets a 7-year jail term in Bor A High Court in the town of Bor, Jonglei state on Thursday sentenced a 35-year-old man to seven years in jail after he was found guilty of raping a minor in September last year.  “The last judgment, in this case, is that the accused person Maghai Manyang Duop to be convicted under Section 247, Penal Code Act 2008, and to be jailed for seven years as from the day of his arrest on September 5, 2020,” Justice John Yel Aleu, the presiding judge, said...

Manyokole trial postponed Share Mohalenyane Phakela SUSPENDED Directorate of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Director General, Mahlomola Manyokole, will have to wait longer to know when his money laundering and corruption trial will begin. This after the Maseru Magistrates Court on Thursday postponed to unknown date a hearing to set the trial date. The trial date was supposed to have been set on Thursday and Advocate Manyokole showed up before the court opened its doors at 9am. An hour ...

SUMMARY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE KILLING OF MR. NSAMA NSAMA CHIPYOKA AND MR. JOSEPH KAUNDA DELIVERED TO THE MEDIA BY THE HYMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON, MR. MUDFORD. Z. MWANDENGA AT THE COMMISSION’S HEAD OFFICE IN LUSAKA ON 4 TH Members of the Press The Commission has invited you to this Press Briefing on the summary findings of its independent investigations to the shooting to death of Mr. Nsama Nsama Chipyoka, former Nation...

Editors Pick “It appears that it is a deliberate thing for the executive to have the judiciary in their hands” – Law Expert, Oyinlade “It appears that it is a deliberate thing for the executive to have the judiciary in their hands” – Law Expert, Oyinlade In this explosive interview with TNC, a legal practitioner and Human Rights Activist, Adeola A. Oyinlade shared insight on some of the campaigns he has engendered. He bared his mind on certain issues rocking the Nigerian Judicial Sy...

Manyokole arrested, charged with money laundering, corruption Manyokole arrested, charged with money laundering, corruption Share Mohalenyane Phakela DIRECTORATE of Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) Director General, Mahlomola Manyokole, was on Thursday arrested and charged with money laundering, corruption and abuse of power. He appeared before Maseru Magistrate Teboho Thoso who released him on free bail the same day. Magistrate Thoso also ordered Adv Manyokole to reappear before h...

Kitgum Woman, 26, jailed 28 years for killing husband over Shs 10,000 February 18, 2021 Written by URN A 26-year-old woman was on Wednesday evening sentenced to 28 years and eleven months in jail for murdering her husband ov...

Last week, two issues caught my attention vis-a-vis Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended)(the Constitution), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion – President Biden’s LGBTQI foreign policy, and stereotyping Fulanis/Fulani Herdsmen as criminals. President Biden’s LGBTQI Foreign Policy Last week, I watched the Anchors of our Arise ‘Morning Show’, briefly discuss the i...

Daily Monitor Tuesday February 16 2021 A police officer restrains a man who was found flogging an effigy on Kampala Road yesterday. PHOTO | COURTESY Summary Mr Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, said the suspect, who belongs to the Alternative Social Movement, a pressure group, was arrested on Kampala Road. Advertisement Police in Kampala yesterday arrested a man found flogging an effigy of a person whom he accused of engaging in election malpractice. Holding a stick...