Nagadya is accused of conspiring with her daughter to stage the kidnapping of her 7-year-old daughter and demanding a UGX 5 million ransom from the child’s father, who subsequently reported the incident to the police.
In his bail application, Mwizerwa claimed that he was arrested on September 30, 2024, at Kajjansi Police Station and detained for seven days before being transferred to Nateete Police Station for an additional four days. He was subsequently charged with aggravated defilement on October 11, 2024, and remanded to Kigo Prison.
Uganda Radio Network also established that the Defence team’s visit was meant to assess the views of the affected communities in Uganda on the value and desirability of absentia proceedings against Kony.
The move comes against the backdrop of recent backlash from African lawyers who criticized the ICC registry of bias in selecting lawyers to represent Joseph Kony.
“We have arrested him and the rifle he had fled with has been recovered. It is unfortunate that our officer chose to end the life of his former wife. We condemn the act and investigations into this matter are ongoing,” Owoyesigyire said.
Among the victims were Rachael Naturinda, Lehonelia Kesande, and a five-month-old baby boy identified as Grant. While two individuals were rescued by nearby locals, the body of the infant was later discovered floating on the water.
The trio was driving in a Toyota Caldina registration number; UAG 226B when they rammed into a stationary sugarcane truck registration number; UAA 759Q in the wee hours of Sunday morning. The vehicle is reported to have overturned two times killing the trio instantly.
A team of officers from the police health services unit and their counterparts from the Red cross society found Quentin lying unconscious along the Nile river banks and rushed him to Butagaya health center III for further management.
The youths stormed Bugembe police station for help after the accumulation of rental fees and lack of food, yet Mugobera had stopped communicating with them.
Hamza Batambuze, a resident, says that their cell is a multipurpose zone comprising of schools, residential units, health facilities and other business, which should warrant police to intensify motorized patrols, so as to burst criminal gangs within the area.
Ogutti is further accused of aiding the racket to develop a 10-year strategic plan, stretching from 2021-2031. The group intends to recruit other members to create tangible wealth by extorting money from their unsuspecting victims.
The dead are five-year-old Nuru Mutesi and six-year-old Allan Owor, both residents of Bubenge village in Ibulanku sub-county. They were attacked by a mentally ill man on Tuesday night.
"We are still at the primary stages of our investigations, but available reports indicate that the suspects would deploy their agents to camouflage as clients yet all their transactions were aimed at ascertaining the cash flows before effecting their attack," he said.
The Kiira regional police surgeon, Vincent Masinde examined the patient and confirmed that she had indeed been sexually abused. The report shows that the rape victim sustained tears in her private parts and lost a lot of blood, which left her unconscious for close to three hours.
The suspects pose as land brokers and when they realize that their victims have ready cash to purchase the non-existent property, they in turn convince them to procure US Dollars at a lower rate, and then sell them the fake currency notes.