On Tuesday, Aketch 32 told Court presided over by the Court Martial Chairperson Lt Gen Andrew Gutti that she wanted to change her plea of not guilty to guilty. However, Aketch disputed some of the facts of the case.
Charles Dalton Opwonya, another lawyer on state brief asked court to adjourn the hearing over the absence of Gilbert Olanya, a key contact in the bail application. It is still unclear if MP Olanya will be presented as a surety of Kwoyelo.
During the launch of the sessions at the Masaka High Court, Justice Winfred Nabisinde the Masaka resident judge said that out of the 50 cases that will be handled 43 are SGBV cases.
Raphael Eritoi, an aspirant for the Nadunget LCV councillors seat was shot dead on October 1, 2015, at Kambisi village, along Moroto-Kitale road in Karamoja sub-region. The deceased was a key campaign agent for the former Matheniko County MP, Samuel Abura Pirir.
Kwoyelo denied all the 93 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity brought against him by the state. He was formally charged under the penal code act and the international customary law of the domesticated Geneva Convention.
The High Court Criminal Session is expected to handle 50 cases including 21 of rape, 18 of aggravated defilement and 11 cases of murder. The cases were drawn from 2015 and 2016 across the eight districts of Karamoja.
