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.
Trouble for the legislators started on September 3rd, 2021 when the Commissioner of Police, Paul Kato Tumuhimbise on behalf of the then Criminal Investigations Director Grace Akullo wrote to the Speaker of Parliament summoning them to appear before detective Moses Taremwa at Masaka Police Station on September 6 to record statements in connection with the Greater Masaka machete killings.
