Gen Katumba shooting case resumes Thursday

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The shooting case of works minister, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, where his daughter and driver were killed, resumes today at the International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala.

Justice Alice Komuhangi is handling the matter. State Attorney Marion Ben-Bella is prosecuting the case while defence lawyer Geoffrey Turyamusiima and Elias Luyimbazi Nalukoola are defending the suspects.

The accused are Yasin Nyanzi, Hussein Sserubula, Muhammad Kagugube, Sirimani Kisambira, Abudullah Aziz Ramadhan Dunka, Kamada Walusimbi, Habib Ramadhan Marjan and Huzaifah Wampa.

They are battling charges of murder and attempted murder. Any person convicted of murder shall be sentenced to death, while the offence of attempted murder elicits a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Gen. Katumba was attacked on June 1, last year, by unknown assailants at Kisaasi Central Zone, Nakawa Division in Kampala district.

During the attack, Gen Katumba survived with severe gunshot wounds while his daughter, Brenda Nantongo and his driver, Sgt Haruna Kayond,o were murdered in cold blood.

Prosecution alleges that between March 2015 and June 2021, while at various places in the country, the accused involved themselves in attacks and murders on Uganda People Defence Forces (UPDF) and Police personnel, civilians, and police establishments without any due regard to their safety.

They are also indicted with the attempted murder of Gen. Katumba’s bodyguard Sgt Khalid Koboyoit, and Boniface Mucunguzi, in addition to another count of terrorism.