By Elizabeth Ankunda
25th Jan 2024
The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has ordered the Director of Public Prosecutions to summon the witnesses they intend to rely on to prosecute Dr Kizza Besigye and Samuel Lubega Mukaaku on charges of inciting violence.
The order was issued today Thursday by Grade One Magistrate Winnie Nankya Jatiko when the matter came up for further hearing.
The Prosecution led by State Attorney Allan Mucunguzi told the Court that it didn’t have witnesses.
Mucunguzi said the witnesses were police officers who were on special duties specifically deployed in Non-Aligned Movement -NAM and G77 conferences. He asked for an adjournment for three weeks.
Besigye’s lawyers led by Erias Lukwago opposed the application for adjournment.
Lukwago said there is a practice and a tendency in the criminal justice system by the Prosecution to come and say they are seeking adjournment without substantial grounds.
Magistrate Nankya Jatiko said the court takes into account the fact that on 24th October 2022, the last Prosecution witness came in that case but since then no other witnesses rendered it a backlog in the court system before she directed the Prosecution to serve and file an affidavit to show proof of service.
Trouble for Besigye and Mukaaku stems from their June 14th, 2022 protest against the skyrocketing prices of commodities in the country.
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