Senjako Vs Uganda (Criminal Application No. 141 of 2018) [2019] UGCA 32 (9 April 2019)

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Case summary

The court held that the requirement to prove exceptional circumstances was not mandatory. The court was satisfied that, nonetheless, the applicant was suffering from diabetes mellitus which required special treatment that he couldn’t access from custody. The court accordingly concluded that the applicant had proved exceptional circumstances and granted him bail

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