The charges against the accused stem from Mumbere’s arrest on November 27th, 2016 following a raid by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces on his Rwenzururu Kingdom palace in Kasese District as they were allegedly hunting for terrorists who for many years were terrorizing the region.
Muwonge appeared on the same charge sheet with the two legislators and four others facing trial for a string of charges including murder, attempted murder, aiding, and abetting terrorism stemming from their alleged involvement in killings in the district of Lwengo and Masaka between March and June 2021.
The charges stem from their alleged involvement in the greater Masaka machete killings that occurred between March and June 2021, claiming more than 20 people, and also leaving scores injured.
Although Mumbere and some of the accused Royal Guards were granted bail in previous applications, 84 members of the initial group of 203 suspects have remained on remand, while 10 of the accused persons have died in prison, according to Rwenzururu Kingdom lawyers led by Alfred Makasi.
On Wednesday, the accused persons appeared before the International Crimes Division of the High Court Judge Elizabeth Kabanda. Kabanda told the suspects that she could not continue with their trial on grounds that she has been transferred to the Family Criminal Division of the High Court.
