Gen Katumba shooting: Seven charged over murder, psychological warfare; remanded
The gathering was charged before the Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court directed by Dr. Douglas Singiza and accused of the twofold homicide of Brenda Nantongo and Sgt Haruna Kayondo along Kisota Road in Kisaasi.
Seven individuals were on Thursday morning summoned under the watchful eye of the Chief Magistrates Court in Nakawa and accused of two checks of homicide, illegal intimidation and endeavored murder comparable to the death endeavor on Works Minister, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala.
The seven are; Sserubula Hussein Ismael, Nyanzi Yusuf Siraje, Muhammad Kagugube nom de plume Bafumoya, Kamada Walusimbi, pseudonym Mudinka, Sirimani Kisambira Ayub, Abdulaziz Ramathan Dungu and Habid Ramathan Marjan.
The gathering was charged before the Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court directed by Dr. Douglas Singiza and accused of the twofold homicide of Brenda Nantongo and Sgt Haruna Kayondo along Kisota Road in Kisaasi.
Court was told by the investigator that on June 1, 2021, the gathering others still everywhere unlawfully caused the passing of the couple, in spite of segments 188 and 189 of the Penal Code Act.
They were likewise accused of the endeavored murder of Gen Katumba Wamala and his protector, Sgt Khalid Koboyoit on a similar date, in spite of segment 204(a) of the Penal Code Act.
Psychological warfare
The state likewise slapped charges of psychological warfare against the seven blamed individuals.
“The seven others still everywhere between the long stretches of March 2015 and June 2021 in different spots in Uganda with goal to scare general society or segment of general society for political, strict, social or financial points aimlessly without due respect to the wellbeing of others or property, straightforwardly elaborate themselves in the homicide and endeavored murder of Police, UPDF faculty and regular folks and assaults on some police foundations,” the examiner told court.
The seven blamed individuals were notwithstanding not permitted to argue to the charges since they are capital in nature and draw in a most extreme capital punishment whenever indicted and can in this manner just be attempted by the High Court.
They were subsequently remanded to Kitalya government jail until August 3, 2021, after the state investigator told court that examinations concerning the matter are as yet progressing.
Torment
The gathering who showed up before the Nakawa Chief Magistrate with apparent torment denotes everywhere on their bodies through their attorney Geoffrey Turyamusiima from Wameli and Co Advocates asked court that they are delivered so they could go for treatment.
Accordingly, the judge said he has no forces to give discharge orders except for coordinated that they are taken to Kitalya where they will be checked to affirm the torment claims before penitentiaries specialists give a report on August 3, 2021 when the denounced get back to court.
