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On Wednesday they appeared at the Mukono Magistrates Court where they were charged with six counts of Aggravated Trafficking in Children and Conspiracy to commit a felony contrary to the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act of 2009.
This morning, State Prosecutor Paul Weponde asked the court for more time to conduct further investigations into the matter. The request was made in the presence of some of the suspects who had appeared before Magistrate Isaac Kintu for the mention of the case.
Jane Okuo Kajuga, the DPP spokesperson, says that police officers are only constitutionally mandated to investigate cases and present it to DPP for prosecution.
Police Constable number 44417 Richard Asiimwe attached to kaharo police post in Kaharo sub county and Teopista Busingye both residents of Kibungo cell, Nkumbura Parish in Kaharo Sub County Kabale District had been accused of conniving to poison Kyintaribona a resident of the same residence.
The DPP is challenging a decision by Makindye Chief Magistrates Court denying him an automatic takeover of a case in which Police Chief Gen. Kale Kayihura, and seven other senior police commanders are facing trial for police brutality against civilians.
Vincent Ssentongo, the spokesperson, Masaka United Taxi Drivers and Owners Cooperative Society, says it was unnecessary for the taxi operators from Kampala to resort to violence yet the matter could have been resolved amicably.
In his general circular dated December 22, Justice Bamwine reveals that the civil servants and other litigants are getting a soft landing in court as they easily obtain injunctive orders to stop the IGG or DPP from prosecuting them and the Auditor General and the Police from investigating them.
The Uganda Police Force says its morale in investigating corruption cases has been dampened by failure by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to sanction their files.
The Parliamentary Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has refused to meet Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Kahinda Otafiire until parliament receives the name of a newly appointed Director for Public Prosecution (DPP).
He was captured recently by the Uganda People Defense Forces-UPDF as he was crossing from the Democratic Republic of Congo into Central African Republic.