In November 2024, the court found the accused had a case to answer and ordered them to defend themselves against charges of trespass at Rubaga Miracle Cathedral and giving false information to police.
The warrants were issued on Monday by Senior Principal Grade One Magistrate Adams Byarugaba, following a request by Chief State Attorney Jonathan Muwaganya, the lead prosecutor in the case.
However, the defense lawyers led by Humphrey Tumwesigye told the Court the first suspect Regan Ssentongo was supposed to be given his phone which was confiscated by police and handed over to the court as an exhibit to pick out some information to rely on to defend himself.
Pastor Kayanja declared that "Enough is enough" and gave examples of previous similar accusations that were found to be false but instead of giving custodial punishments to the accusers, they were ordered to execute community services for only 100 hours .
During today’s proceedings, the defense team accused Nyangwesho, along with former Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana, Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) Wilber Tworekirwe, and lawyer Lesta Kaganzi, of visiting Amanyire in prison to pressure him into implicating Molly in her husband’s death.
The trial date was determined after a planning meeting between the judge, Katanga's legal representatives, and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
On Tuesday, Kitutu through her lawyers Jude Byamukama, John Musiime, and Dr. Akampumuza asked the Anti-Corruption Court Judge, Jane Okuo Kajuga to allow them to cross-examine the witnesses who swore affidavits opposing the trial for the real truth to come out.
The fourth convict, a chapati maker Ivan Wanyama, has been handed the highest sentence of ten years in jail since he was the most violent person in the crime when they robbed a Church goer Sam Mukula of his mobile phone valued at 35,500 shillings and of 500,000 shillings cash.
The prosecution heard that on June 8th 2018 while at Christian Life Church, the accused persons who were armed with blunt objects robbed Sam Mukula of his mobile phone worth Shillings 35,000 and Shillings 500,000.
The Judge has also noted that the investigations into Asio's murder are complex as said by the Prosecutor since one of the investigators in it Obadia Hakiri died following unclear circumstances after gathering evidence to use in the case.
Detective Assistant Superintendent of Police Nobert Ochom, says that Onebe should be denied bail because he was placed on a watch list following the disappearance of his wife and instructed not to move outside Kampala without the express permission of the investigators.
The three include Captain Bumali Mangeni also known as Akeem, Benon Duncan Lumu, 33, and Andrew Kisitu, 28. The trio has been sentenced by the Kampala High Court Judge Flavia Anglin Ssenoga on the crimes that occurred on October 27, 2016, in Kololo, an upscale suburb of Kampala.
