The prosecution told the court that on March 16th, 2022, Uwera, Odeke and others still at large with malice aforethought caused the death of Mahad Mohamad at Dembe Trading Enterprises Limited in Bugolobi in Nakawa Division in Kampala District.
Two employees of Dembe
Trading Enterprises Limited are on remand for murdering their colleague Mahad
Mohammad. They are Uwera Zia Murekatete, a Manager at Dembe Trading Enterprises
Limited and the head of security Gideon Odeke, residents of Mbuya and Bukerere
in Kampala and in Goma Division in Mukono Municipality respectively.
The accused appeared before the Nakawa Grade
One Magistrate, Ponsiano Odwori to get an update
on the progress of the investigations in the case against them. The prosecution told the court that on March 16th, 2022, Uwera, Odeke and others still
at large with malice aforethought caused the death of Mahad Mohamad at Dembe
Trading Enterprises Limited in Bugolobi in Nakawa Division in Kampala District.
The deceased was a driver in the distribution firm. Odwori didn’t allow the accused to plead to the charges,
saying his court lacks the jurisdiction to try capital offences. He advised
them to apply for bail in the high court, which has the power to try them if
they so wish.
The Prosecutors led by Eunice Mbaine told the Court that
investigations in the matter were still ongoing. The magistrate remanded the
duo to Luzira prison until April 26th 2022 when they will return for the
mention of their case.
Preliminary findings from Jinja-Road Police
Division show that prior to his death, the company directors quizzed Mahad about
missing merchandise worth Shillings 2 million. When he failed to explain, the directors
handed him to security guards who pounced on him like angry lions.
Last
month, the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police
spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, said that Mahad was unconscious by the time
police were called in and died upon arrival at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
The Chairman General of the National Organization
of Trade Unions-NOTU, Usher Wilson Owere has since called upon the
government to take action against Dembe Trading Enterprises, saying that they
top the list of companies that harass their employees in the country.
