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High Court orders Attorney General to produce police officer held at Masindi army barracks

Justice & Court Rulings Single source Kampala Oct 2025 (day not reported) Severity: 2/5

Justice Bernard Namanya of the High Court in Kampala granted a habeas corpus application and ordered the Attorney General to produce AIP Augustine Kaggwa of the Environmental Protection Police Force before the court on 8 October 2025. The judge found that Kaggwa's detention at Masindi UPDF barracks without charge breached Article 23 of the Constitution; the Attorney General had filed no reply, and the UPDF and the Masindi artillery division commander were struck off the case.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

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