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James Nangwala
Ugandan lawyer and academic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Nangwala is a Ugandan lawyer notable for his defence of The Monitor (Uganda) Newspaper editors Charles Onyango-Obbo and Andrew Mwenda.[1][2][3] He was formerly the head of the Bar Course at the Law Development Centre, the Statutory Body charged with the sole responsibility of training lawyers in Uganda.[4][5] He is currently a senior lecturer at Makerere University.[6]
During November 2009, after the first day of his defense of the Monitor editors in court, Nangwala was shot in the shoulder while outside of his home.[7] He was seriously wounded and subsequently had to be operated on.[8] The shooting caused the trial to be adjourned until January 2000.[7] Three men were tried for the shooting during June 2010 and were charged with conspiracy to murder and attempted murder. One of the men was a police officer.[9]
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