Opiyo & Another v Uganda
Opiyo & Another v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 74 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 91 (21 March 2024)
The court held that while successive bail applications are permissible, they are only maintainable where there is a substantial and material change in circumstances since the previous application was denied. The applicants failed to demonstrate any such change; the grounds presented were substantially the same as those previously considered and rejected. The seriousness of the offence, the applicants' failure to plead and prove exceptional circumstances, and the continued risk of interference with witnesses—particularly by the 1st Applicant, who remains in a position of influence—were unchang…
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- Bail Application
- Successive Applications
- Exceptional Circumstances
- Interference With Witnesses