It is alleged that Abubaker Karungi and Hamuza Mwebe with malice aforethought unlawfully caused the death of Kirumira and Resty Mbabazi by shooting them along Bulenga town on Mityana.
The Prosecution led by Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Thomas Jatiko presented six witnesses who pinned the accused persons. The witnesses included police officers, pathologists, eyewitnesses, and Suleiman Kyabaggu, the Local Council 1 chairperson of Kyasanku village in Mpigi district.
The former Buyende District Commander was gunned down on September 8th, 2018 together with his female friend, Resty Nalinya by gunmen riding on motorcycles.
The group, represented by Human Rights Lawyer Ladislaus Rwakafuuzi told the court earlier that they could not stand trial because their health was deteriorating as a result of injuries inflicted on them during their month-long stay at the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence.
Prosecution alleges that Mwebe, Kalungi and others still at large shot and killed Kirumira and his friend Resty Nalinnya Mbabazi in Bulenga, along the Kampala Mityana highway on Saturday, September 8, 2018.
The prosecution alleges that the duo and others still at large shot and killed Kirumira and his friend Resty Nalinnya Mbabazi in Bulenga, along the Kampala Mityana highway on Saturday, September 8, 2018. They face two counts of murder.
The suspect Abubakar Kalungi, a 47-year old carpenter and resident of Mirimi Zone, Makindye-Ssabagabo in Wakiso District appeared before Grade One Magistrate Martin Kirya under tight security.
Steven Walugembe, a brother to the deceased, says that after learning about Kirumiras death at around 10pm on the news, he tried to call his sister but her phone went without reply.
Known to many as Mwooyo gwa Gwanga the former Buyende District Police Commander was gunned down along the Kampala Mityana Road. He was shot together with an unidentified woman, with whom he was driving in his personal vehicle, a Toyota Corona registration number UAJ 228V.
