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Daily Monitor
Monday April 26 2021
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Justice Kato was a career judicial officer, who rose through the ranks up to the Supreme Court where he retired in 2003.
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The late Supreme Court judge, Cosmas Kato, will be buried at Mparo Village in Hoima City tomorrow.
Justice Kato, 87, died at TMR International Hospital, Naalya in Kampala on Friday, after he succumbed to multiple organ failure, secondary to advanced cancer of the oesophagus.
The burial programme indicates that there will be a requiem Mass today at Namugongo Catholic Shrine beginning at 10am. The body will thereafter, be taken to Hoima for the vigil.
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Sunday April 25 2021
Mr Fred Nyanzi (centre) consults with his lawyer during the hearing of his petition for vote recount for the Kampala Central MP at the High Court in Kampala in January. PHOTO | ABUBAKER LUBOWA
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For months, it has been a game of cat and mouse between litigants challenging results of the recent parliamentary elections and those they want to evict from the House.
Before the cases are heard by judges across the county, the most contentious issue has been tracing the parliamentary seat winners to serve them with court papers – a critical step if the case is to be set in motion.