Court assessors ask high court to convict former Makerere student suspected killer

By Rachael Najjuma

28^th March 2022

Court assessors have asked Mukono High court Judge Henry Kaweesa Isabirye to find Matthew Kirabo guilty for the murder of his late girlfriend, Desire Mirembe, a former Makerere University medical student.

Robert Sseguya and Grace Nakandi told the High court this Monday that after carefully reviewing and examining all the evidence in the matter, they found the accused guilty of murdering Mirembe.

Justice Henry Kaweesa Isabirye then set May 30, 2022, to deliver his verdict.

Mirembe was murdered in July 2015. Her then-boyfriend, Matthew Kirabo reportedly confessed to the murder. He was charged before Jinja Chief Magistrates Court with murder and remanded to prison.

On November 24, 2016, he successfully applied for bail to complete his Bachelor’s degree in Medicine at Makerere University.

The case later moved to Mukono on the instructions of the then Principal Judge Yorokamu Bamwine after the state complained that the crime was committed under the jurisdiction of Mukono.

In May 2021, the Principal Judge, Dr. Flavian Zeija, promised to fast-track the hearing of the matter following complaints from the deceased’s family.

Kirabo has since skipped bail and is still at large.