There’s no label of evidence tampering, prosecution survey tells court.
SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in court, in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X.
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The crude-examination of the twentieth prosecution survey, Emmanuel Olugu (earlier reports had mistakenly referred to him as Olubu*) goes as dramatically and as naked-knuckled as anticipated. No prisoners taken.
In MacDusman Kabega, the Uganda Police Scene of Crime Officer (SOCO)—who worked at the seat of the alleged crime at the Katanga effect of dwelling at Chwa II Road, Mbuya—is facing a wily, fair appropriate, skilled prison justice lawyer expert in the humanities of crude-examination in high-stakes prison trials.
The gulf in skill and preparation exhibits.
At cases, the crude-examination regarded cherish a pugilistic contest between Muhammad Ali at his high and Moses Golola at his blustering worst.
With a devastating three-ask punch combo, Mr MacDusman Kabega obtained the SOCO to expose the Excessive Court docket, presided over by Girl Justice Rosette Comfort Kania, that he saw no proof of evidence tampering at the scene of the crime, which he changed into guilty of.
He mentioned investigators silent your complete evidence they important to attain any of the tests they important for this case.
This left the court wondering as to what evidence the Pickle of job of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) relied on to charge Mrs. Molly Katanga’s four co-accused with tampering with evidence.
Earlier reports that the suppose doubtlessly charged Mrs. Katanga’s two kids in an try to wring a confession out of her seem much less fanciful.
In accordance with this claim, earlier in this case, the DPP, in conjunction with dilapidated Deputy Lawyer Classic Mwesigwa Rukutana (on watching short), changed into accused by the protection’s Jet John Tumwebaze of orchestrating a hour of darkness switch of one among the co-accused, George Amanyire from Luzira to Kigo jail to take a survey at and acquire him to accuse his boss of cancel. Apparently, he declined. (Stumble on frame 1 of the tweet)
But I digress.
Kabega asked Olugu to verify that in his document, there changed into no display or even suggestion that any evidential enviornment matter changed into destroyed or tampered with.
He mentioned his document had no such suggestion.
He then asked him to additionally verify that in his document, there changed into nothing to display that any required examination of any of the exhibits that he recovered failed on tale of insufficient samples or because the exhibits submitted had been ineligible.
Olugu answered in the affirmative.
Then came the third strike: “Afande, I desire you to verify that your complete exhibits recovered and submitted for forensic diagnosis had been successfully examined and the respective reports had been duly issued.”
He answered in the affirmative.
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There’s no Heed of Evidence Tampering-Prosecution Ogle Tells Court docket
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By the tip of this fraction of the crude-examination, the SOCO may per chance perchance well with out inform had been described as punch-drunk.
The floodgates had been in fact blown birth.
The SOCO mentioned he chanced on the killer gun, a black Zastava Arms Pistol UG1622200061CZ99 Compact, on a white bedsheet on the bed.
Two days earlier, Kabega had asked the survey to assert the bedsheet at some point soon of evidence in chief (frame 2 of the tweet).
The survey mentioned the space the gun changed into chanced on had no bloodstains; he additionally didn’t designate it sooner than sending the bedsheet for DNA diagnosis.
Kabega asked him whether or no longer it changed into a cheap expectation that because the couple historical that sheet, their DNA is inclined to be on the gun.
He then asked him whether or no longer he had lifted fingerprints from the trigger of the gun. He mentioned he hadn’t.
Kabega then asked if he’d lifted fingerprints from the water glass and jar by the couple’s bedside. He mentioned he had.
He changed into asked how that you may per chance give it some belief will be that an officer investigating a cancel by a gun may per chance perchance well clutch fingerprints from a water glass and no longer the gun.
Kabega then known as for the gun, which changed into brought (frame 3 of the tweet).
It changed into at this point that the prosecutor stood up and asked the be pleased to no longer take the lawsuits extra than 4pm because their survey hadn’t eaten.
The Settle soon after brought the session to a quit and adjourned to July 14th 2025, asserting she had many other pending circumstances with folks on the verge of rioting.
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