James Sawoabiri and Another v Uganda (CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 5 90)
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Refusing to recall prosecution witnesses for cross-examination, and convicting on prosecution evidence considered in isolation, breached the right to fair hearing; convictions quashed.
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