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Witness remanded to Luzira for turning rowdy in court
Kampala High Court Judge Wilson Kwesiga ordered for the imprisonment of Ms Sharon Amutuhaire for misconducting herself before court while she was being cross-examined by the defence lawyers on the evidence she gave. FILE PHOTO
What you need to know:
By the time Kimbugwe was attacked, he had distributed letters to eight households in Minaana Village. Fr Muduse is particularly accused of financing assailants who murdered Kimbungwe.
The deceased’s body was recovered near the homes of the suspects; Kayongo and Kulumba who had earlier threatened to kill him.
Court on Wednesday remanded a prosecution witness in the murder case against six people, among them a Catholic priest, who are charged with the murder of a person over land in Mityana District.
Kampala High Court Judge Wilson Kwesiga ordered for the imprisonment of Ms Sharon Amutuhaire for misconducting herself before court while she was being cross-examined by the defence lawyers over the evidence she gave.
While giving her testimony, Ms Amutuhaire told court that while she was in Mityana town, she overheard a telephone conversation between two of the accused persons, plotting to kill Kamadha Mulinde Kimbugwe.
However when she was being cross-examined about her evidence, Ms Amutuhaire was told by one of the defence lawyers that telephone records show she was at Kamwenge and not Mityana something that led her to shout at him saying, “Do you think I’m telling lies?”
This did not go on well with the trial judge Kwesiga who sent her to Luzira until March 18 to “cool down”.
“Do not ever quarrel with court officials, you are here wasting court’s time. These people are facing a serious offence of murder and once convicted their sentence is death and you are here playing,” Justice Kwesiga said.
He added: “You are not going back home, I’m remanding you to Luzira prison. I do not tolerate rowdy witnesses.”
The accused include; Rev Fr Lawrence Muduse Yawe, Ibrahim Muyingo (the LC1 chairman of Minana-Galabi), John Kulumba, John Kulumba Junior, John Baptist Kasule alias Badesta and Ms Jane Kulumba.
According to court records, on August 7, 2019, the six people attacked and killed Muhammad Kamada Kimbugwe, 50 year-old resident of Minaana Village, Tamu Division, Mityana Municipality, as he moved around the village, distributing letters to tenants occupying his one-square-mile piece of land.
The deceased’s land covers four villages of Minaana, Kabule, Galabi and Kamuvole, all located in Tamu Division, Mityana Municipality.
By the time Kimbugwe was attacked, he had distributed letters to eight households in Minaana Village. Fr Muduse is particularly accused of financing assailants who murdered Kimbungwe.
The deceased’s body was recovered near the homes of the suspects, Kayongo and Kulumba, who had earlier threatened to kill him.
