MPs Muhammed Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana lost the bid to have their 2 case files consolidated this morning 28th September 2022. Justice Alice Komuhangi ruled that the consolidation of criminal cases is alien to Ugandan laws.
The Duo's Lawyer and kampala Woman member of parliament, Samim Malende says that Hon. Segirinya and Hon Ssewanyana were denied the opportunity to have their criminal cases consolidated at ICD Court.
This means they will stand trial at ICD court as well as Masaka court. Mention on their bail application has been fixed for 3rd October 2022 and 10th October 2022. All at ICD court.
"They have been on remand for a full year now. No evidence has been adduced against the MPs. We have filed several bail applications on their behalf but all in vain. They have not been able to represent their constituents for a full year now because they are in incarceration. They have also not been granted access to their private medical personnel. This means that Uganda as a country still has a long way to go when it comes to respecting the constitution," the Kampala Woman MP said.
Trouble for the legislators started on September 3, 2021 when the Commissioner of Police, Paul Kato Tumuhimbise on behalf of the then Criminal Investigations Director, Grace Akullo wrote to the Speaker of Parliament summoning them to appear before detective Moses Taremwa at Masaka Police Station on September 6 and record statements in connection with the July and August 2021 Greater Masaka spate of machete killings.
At least 26 people were killed and several others injured by the assailants in Lwengo and Masaka districts. The majority of the victims were elderly people living alone in their homes. The police summons came days after Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga was quoted saying that some suspects arrested in connection to the machete attacks had implicated the two legislators for holding planning meetings for the murders in Ndeeba, a Kampala suburb.
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