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By Onikepo Braithwaite Email: onikepo.braithwaite@thisdaylive.com Twitter: @TheAdvocatesTD I seize this opportunity to extend my condolences to the families of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, Brig General Tunji Olayinka, and all the officers who died in the line of duty in the military plane crash near Kaduna Airport last Friday. May their souls rest in peace. Amen. President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and Freedom of Movement Before I go into the ‘Word for Today’, permit me to comment briefly on an interview which I read last Saturday, given by the President of Mi...

Gumbo-Sherikat special court sentences 2 to death The Special Court for the Gumbo-Sherikat conflict in Juba has sentenced two convicts to death by hanging for their role in clashes resulting from a land dispute that left scores dead and others injured mid-last year.  On June 3, 2020, Lt. Col. Lual Akok Wol Kiir, since deceased and said to have been a relative of President Salva Kiir was involved in an altercation over land in the Gumbo-Sherikat area East of Juba city. During the ensuing melee, Col. Lual Akok’s bodyguards are said to have opened fire on a crowd, killing five people on the s...

Man kills wife, maid after botched rape attempt- police Friday May 14 2021 Summary It is alleged that Shaban Musisi attempted to rape his housemaid but she made an alarm which attracted his wife. He attacked the two with a hammer before taking poison in suicide attempt. Article 123 of The Penal Code Act provides that any person who attempts to commit rape commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life with or without corporal punishment.  Advertisement Police in Nsangi, Wakiso District are investigating a case in which a man is accused of killing his wife and maid in a botched rape...

Jonglei Civil Society Network chairperson David Garang Goc The trial of David Garang Goc, the Jonglei Civil Society Network chairperson, has been adjourned until Monday, May 17, 2021, amid his lawyer questioning the court’s competence.  Garang, who was arrested on defamation charges had accused the state government of allegedly embezzling relief food meant for the flood victims in Jonglei state, was released last Saturday pending a trial on Monday.  However, Deng Akoi, the Bor County Court judge Monday adjourned the first hearing of the case.  James Kachuol, the accused’s defense lawye...

Daily Monitor Tuesday May 11 2021 President Museveni may not assent to Sexual Offences Act that was originally moved by Kumi Woman MP Monica Amoding (right). Summary The Constitutional Court weeks later struck down the law on a technicality; that it was passed without quorum.  Advertisement President Museveni has reportedly said he will not sign the newly-enacted Sexual Offences Act, 2019, into law, citing potential foreign policy implications, according to highly-placed sources. The President’s thoughts, which come to light even before Parliament transmits the Act for his assent, follows ...