By Elizabeth Ankunda
21st July 2022
State is yet to finalize investigations in the case against 19 people accused of detonating Improvised explosives in Kampala, Wakiso and Mpigi districts.
This was revealed by the State Prosecutor Patricia Chingtho while appearing before the Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate Fidelis Otwoa this Thursday before the case was adjourned to July 27th 2022 when the trial magistrate Asuman Muhumuza is expected to be on duty.
His-worship Otwoa also issued a production warrant ordering the prisons services to produce the accused, in person before court in the next hearing.
The Suspects led by Yusuf Muwonge, Hamza Ssemaganda and Robert Danze were arraigned before Buganda Road Court a few months after the twin bomb blasts at the IPS building at the parliamentary avenue and another at the Central Police Station in Kampala, which left seven people dead including the suspected suicide bombers.
Prior to the twin blasts in November 2021, other bombs went off, one in a Bus belonging to Swift Bus Company at Lugala along Masaka road and another at Digida pork joint in Kisaasi, a City Suburb.
As a result, the accused persons were arrested and arraigned before Court on charges of terrorism, aiding and abetting terrorism and belonging to a rebel group of the Allied Democratic Forces.
Prosecution says the accused persons unlawfully manufactured, placed, and detonated Improvised Explosive Devices-IEDs in Mpigi, Wakiso, and Kampala districts with intentions of causing death or serious bodily injuries and a major economic loss.
They reportedly committed the offense in 2020 and 2021 for purposes of influencing the government and intimidating the public or a section of the public for political, religious, and socio-economic goals without due regard to the safety of others or property.
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