UPC Leadership Crisis Explodes Into Fresh Legal Warfare: Akena Hit With Threat of New Contempt Sanctions Over ‘Unlawful’ National Council Meeting

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By Spy Uganda The long-running, bitter factional warfare within the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has taken a dramatic turn toward aggressive litigation. Legal representatives acting on behalf of prominent party stalwart Joseph Pinytek Ochieno have formally accused Mr. Jimmy Akena of blatant contempt of court, ordering his legal team to restrain him from holding himself…