Gen Katumba shooting: Seven charged over murder, terrorism; remanded

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, psychological warfare 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 pseudonym Bafumoya, Kamada Walusimbi, false name Mudinka, Sirimani Kisambira Ayub, Abdulaziz Ramathan Dungu and Habid Ramathan Marjan.

The gathering was summoned 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 team, in opposition to areas 188 and 189 of the Penal Code Act.

They were additionally accused of the endeavored murder of Gen Katumba Wamala and his guardian, Sgt Khalid Koboyoit on a similar date, as opposed to segment 204(a) of the Penal Code Act.

Illegal intimidation

The state additionally slapped charges of psychological warfare against the seven blamed individuals.

“The seven others still everywhere between the long periods of March 2015 and June 2021 in different spots in Uganda with aim to threaten the general population or part of general society for political, strict, social or financial points aimlessly without due respect to the security 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 investigator told court.

The seven blamed individuals were be that as it may 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 consequently 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 continuous.

Torment

The gathering who showed up before the Nakawa Chief Magistrate with noticeable torment denotes everywhere on their bodies through their legal counselor 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 detainment facilities specialists give a report on August 3, 2021 when the denounced get back to court.