He argues that the passport was surrendered in compliance with bail conditions set by Justice Michael Elubu, who had made provision for Kiiza to retrieve it upon making an application should he need to travel.
Kisekka was convicted on Monday following his own guilty plea to the charge of murder, under a plea bargain agreement with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The state was represented by Assistant DPP Thomas Jatiko and Chief State Attorney Jacqueline Okui.
However, that Kisekka while on remand at Makindye Military Barracks, he escaped from the military detention and went to Kayunga to burn charcoal and started Charcoal business, six years after he had been on Court Martial remand.
Appearing before Justice Michael Elubu on Monday, the couple, in remand for over a year, appeared with the Prosecution led by Edward Muhumuza, confirming readiness for trial. Muhumuza informed the Court that they shared evidence documents with the defense lawyers, Susan Wakabala and Henry Kunya. Both parties agreed to commence the trial next month on the stipulated dates.
Twesigye was arrested in 2019 by Kira Road Police after allegations of sodomizing the juveniles in Kamwokya Church Zone where he lived with the victims.
Plea taking on 20 counts will resume on January 27 2021. The progress in the case is slow due to translation of proceedings in four languages for each and all the accused persons, one after the other.
High Court heard that there is an imminent threat that Ssesanga will be deleted from the Uganda Police Staff payroll before the determination of the main case and he suffers prejudice should the court fail to allow his application.
A meeting on Monday that included International Crimes Division -ICD Judges, Counter Terrorism Police Officers, Prisons, Directorate of Public Prosecutions and Defense lawyers agreed that for the safety of the participants from Covid-19 and other possible security risks, the trial will be conducted inside the prisons.
A group led by the five directors of the National Federation of Professional Cyclists Network contends that the restrictions are not acceptable in a free and fair democratic society. They add that the restriction on the bodaboda transport business is unjustifiable when other means of transport are operating normally.
The said group was picked from one house in Kyengera Town Council and held at Nkonkonjeru Police Post at the end of March 2020. Subsequently, they were arraigned before the Nsangi Magistrates court, charged with an act that is likely to spread the infectious disease and remanded to Kitalya government Prison.
in his ruling, Justice Elubu has noted that although the case before the Constitutional Court was filed by different parties, it arises out of the same case and thus the need to halt the High Court proceedings since the constitution has supremacy over any law in the country.
Prior to his appointment, Elubu was the Deputy Head of the Civil Division. He has previously served as a High Court Judge, a Resident Judge of Jinja and a member of the Technical Committee of the Judicial Service Commission.
In their application filed by Geoffrey Turyamusiima, the lawyers had sued Government and Health Minister, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng for excluding them from the list of essential service providers and there by denied them chance to represent their clients.
According to Kinobe, there are more than 3000 lawyers and 900 Law firms in Kampala alone, saying they still don't know how to implement the President's directive.
While delivering his ruling on application filed by Gerald Karuhanga, the Ntungamo Municipality Member of parliament, Justice Elubu directed all MPs who benefited from the money to return it either to the Parliamentary Commission, National Covid19 or District Task Forces.
