“Contamination of crime scenes is a common issue in Uganda, often caused by curious onlookers who unknowingly disrupt vital evidence as they rush to see what happened. By the time the police arrive, crucial clues are often destroyed, making it difficult for investigators to piece together what transpired,” Mugerwa noted.
This morning, Chief Magistrate Roselyn Nsenge granted them a cash bail of Shillings 10 million each, and their sureties executed noncash bail of Shillings 100 million each.
The charges stem from a violent attack on fellow Chinese investors Liu Qingshan (63) and Lu Hanbin (32), owners of the Ugandan NEC-WATU Automobile Group, on September 18, 2024, at their apartment in Namanve Industrial Park.
Awusi, a resident of Kateete village in Kasawo Town Council, Nakifuma-Mukono District, is accused of viciously attacking her co-wife, Sylvia Achola, and Achola’s twelve-year-old daughter with acid.
Achola and her daughter have been receiving treatment at Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital and were recently transferred to Mulago National Hospital for further care.
Despite repeated interruptions during their initial national tours, party members in Mukono assert that they have informed the police about all their planned activities.
The ongoing pilot campaign intends to trace the families of the affected children and have them reunited. Children whose families are untraceable will be handed over to foster families and approved homes. Butanda says they have so far identified about 200 foster parents in the country who are willing to take care of such children.
On Wednesday, Nabakooba held a meeting at the Mukono District Chief Administrative Officers’ boardroom, and was shocked to find out the report submitted by the RDC on the matter contradicted the two reports filed by the Mukono Division Police Commander Edirisa Kyeyune and that of Brig. Moses Lukyamuzi, the head of the Presidential Task Force on Land Matters and Environment.
On Friday, the Mukono DPC Edirisa Kyeyune instructed Mukono Division Crime Investigations Officer, Ali Katende to escort the Katosi Police Station Officer in Charge, Peter Muhiire to implement the injunction.
The boat, which was reportedly overloaded with a nonspecified number of people broke into two pieces and capsized shortly before docking at Zinga Island in Buvuma District last evening.
Reports indicate that the school confined the children to a single room in a bid to pressure their parents into clearing outstanding fee balances. The situation gained attention when a parent, attempting to settle part of the balance, found themselves detained at the school as well.
On Monday, Mukono Chief Magistrate Roselyn Nsenge Turyatuga concurred with Turyatunga that Twinamasiko was erroneously arrested and charged for cases that were already before the High Court, and there was no need to hear them in the lower court. Her decision was mainly based on the evidence that there are ongoing civil suits before the High Court and that both parties had requested the court to determine land ownership.
"These people think that just because we are soldiers, we should not fight for what belongs to us. I can take the same path as he did to reclaim what is rightfully mine," Major Wanyama told court.
During his appearance before the Mukono Chief Magistrate Roselyn Nsenge on Thursday, Twinamasiko's lawyer, Steven Turyatunga, raised objections to the prosecution's request for an adjournment.
Milton Ecopason, the Officer in Charge of the Marine Police at Katosi, confirmed that the boat was carrying eleven people. He confirmed the rescue of six people, saying the five others are presumed to have drowned. The boat was also carrying over 100 bags of charcoal, 40 bags of silverfish, and other produce.
The arrests followed an incident on Friday when Dan Mbogo, a school bus driver of Nile High School, Kyetume was attacked, stabbed and his mobile phone stolen.
