Kwegira Alias Musoga Vs Uganda (Misc. Application No. 135 of 2018) [2019] UGCA 130 (9 April 2019)

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Case summary

The court held that the purpose of bail pending appeal was to enable the applicant pursue her and the court had to be satisfied that the applicant would not abscond. The court was not satisfied that the applicant would be available to attend the hearing of her appeal since she had not proved that she had a fixed place of abode within the court’s jurisdiction as she did not attach a letter from her area local council to confirm that she was a resident there The court accordingly declined to grant he bail pending appeal.

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