Uganda: Former ADF Leader Mukulu Withdraws Bail Application

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Uganda: Former ADF Leader Mukulu Withdraws Bail Application

[Monitor] Kampala -- The leader of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), Jamil Mukulu Thursday withdrew his bail application after Justice Susan Okalany refused to excuse herself from handling the application.

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