Details presented in court revealed that on October 17th, 2023, at Nyamunuka along Katunguru-Katwe Kabatoro Road in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kyoto unlawfully caused the death of Barlow David James and Geyer Emmarentia Cecilia, a newlywed couple from the United Kingdom who had come to Uganda for their honeymoon.
Kasese Resident District Commissioner Lt. Joe Walusimbi, says that joint security forces are doing all it takes to track down and apprehend those behind the incident.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Regional Police spokesperson, explains that the heavy deployment aims to provide necessary security to the people in the Albertine region, safeguarding them from potential attacks by suspected ADF rebels.
Rt. Rev. Francis Aquirinus Kibira, the Bishop of Kasese Diocese, urged the community to embrace compassion and humanity in the face of such tragedy. He offered prayers for the deceased and those who were critically injured, while also calling upon the attackers to repent for their sins.
Maj. General Dick Olumu, the commander UPDF forces in the DR. Congo under the joint Uganda/DRC mission code named operation shujaa said the rebels had planned to burn military vehicles and it was after their plan aborted that they ran to the school.
On Tuesday, ICD Lady Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha confirmed charges of rendering support to a terrorist group, belonging or professing to belong to a terrorist group, and soliciting or inviting support for a terrorist organization.
Museveni joked that he knows some of the male Prosecutors like drinking beer and the ladies are in love with perfumes and therefore there is nothing for nothing and he will therefore obtain taxes from them when they are purchasing such goods.
The court heard that between 2021 and January 2022, while in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kiyemba belonged or professed to belong to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a designated terror organization, by recruiting persons for it, along with others still at large.
The residents are demanding for heightened security surveillance network, especially at the Uganda-DR Congo border given the porous border on Lake Albert shores.
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.
According to a statement issued by the operation spokesperson Maj, Peter Mugisa, the group has been defeated in the so-called triangle of death between the towns of Manono, Mitwaba and Pweto in Katanga, Eringeti triangle and the confluence of river. Lusuluhi. Eleven defectors and six ADFs were also captured during this period.
Last week, Dr. Singiza didn’t allow Kiyemba to plead to the charges, saying that his court lacked jurisdiction to try the offences against him. However, Turyamusiima insisted that the Court had jurisdiction to try their client prompting the Chief Magistrate to ask him to write to the Court quoting the specific laws.
Speaking to Uganda Radio Network, Grace Sonko, the mother of Sharon Nakitende, one of the suspects wants her daughter released because she was expecting when she was taken to prison. She explains that her daughter has since given birth to twins whom she can not ably take care of while in prison.
John Tibasiima, a resident at Bugoma landing site in Kyangwali sub-county in Kikuube wants security to be heightened to ensure that they are protected from any possible attacks by the suspected ADF militants who may retaliate.
The UK government had earlier on advised its nationals to be extremely vigilant about their security, adding that attacks on Uganda could be indiscriminate, including in places visited by foreigners...
The Minister of Internal Affairs Gen David Muhoozi who was present in Parliament said he had come prepared with his statement but had not circulated it to members.
The suspected who are facing terrorism, murder, and aggravated robbery charges, alongside the suspected ADF Commander Jamilu Mukulu declined to appear before the International Crimes Division of the High Court today on grounds that they did not have any consent to be tried through this method of technology.
Court also heard that while using video conferencing, the accused cannot whisper to their lawyers some secrets and that at times, the prison officers mute the microphones if an accused inmate starts talking about issues inside the prisons that are not good
Mukulu who was appearing via video conferencing first started by asking the Judge her name in open court and the Okalany introduced himself to him before he told her that he had two issues to make .
