SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in court, within the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X.
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The day gone by, June 17th, saw the narrate most novel its 17th and 18th witnesses. I’ll thunder you about both, however it completely appears that PW18 may perchance delight in testimony that would delight in far-reaching penalties on this case. I’ll thunder you why in a tiny.
The morning started off with PW17, Assistant Inspector of Police Emmanuel Odong. He’s a CCTV analyst basically based at the Directorate of ICT at the Nationwide Uncover and Control Heart in Naguru.
He talked about he helped retrieve CCTV images from the Katanga field to boot to images from police CCTV cameras along Kinawataka Avenue, Bugolobi field, and within the Namuwongo field the place IHK Health center is basically based.
He instructed the court that he found no proof that CCTV images at the Katanga field had been tampered with.
He also talked about he saw the auto that is talked about to thrill in taken Mrs. Katanga from her dwelling to Bugolobi Medical Heart after which later an ambulance that’s presupposed to thrill in taken her to IHK.
The times correspond with what we’ve beforehand heard in court, so no predominant surprises there.
Now to PW18, who looks to be having a tiny of a torrid time on the stand.
Her proof is so needed to this case that it goes to be nearly very no longer going for the narrate to right a conviction must it be found wanting.
Imprint, she’s talked about to thrill in restful the samples from Mrs. Katanga’s hands, fingers, and mouth that were dilapidated for diagnosis of DNA and gunshot residue (GSR).
The narrate, which took fingerprint samples and didn’t test them in opposition to the killer gun, is hoping to rely upon this proof to hyperlink Mrs. Katanga to the killer gun.
They’re left with making an argument that the presence of her DNA and the presence of traces of GSR on her by some skill thunder she shot the gun. It’s a protracted shot (no pun supposed), however even that would fail miserably if PW18’s proof is rejected for being unreliable.
The stakes couldn’t be greater.
PW18 is believed as Aisha Birungi, a detective (AIP) for the time being attached to Parliament police. Her proof in chief changed into as soon as led by Chief Prosecutor Jonathan Muwaganya.
Assist in November 2023, she talked about she changed into as soon as a Scene of Crime Officer (SOCO) attached to Kabalagala police field within the IHK vicinity.
As a SOCO, her job entailed viewing scenes of crime, fingerprinting, gathering very necessary proof from the crime scene, making experiences, and going to court to testify in case there’s a need.
She talked about that on 2/Nov/2023, she changed into as soon as known as by her boss to breeze to IHK to take samples from a murder suspect, Molly Katanga, who she says changed into as soon as admitted there within the ICU.
She says she arrived at the scientific institution round 2pm, signed in at the predominant gate (which she later talked about she didn’t), went to the reception the place she met with a nurse named Flavia, after which later changed into as soon as launched to a Dr. Brian, whose place of work she went to, signed a mates’ ebook, and changed into as soon as ushered into the ICU the place Mrs. Katanga lay on a mattress “with none existence toughen machines”.
She then says Nurse Flavia showed her a delicate-skinned girl whose total arms were wrapped in bandages. She changed into as soon as asleep.
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The day gone by saw the narrate most novel its 17th and 18th witnesses.
I’ll thunder you about both however it completely appears that PW18 may perchance delight in testimony that would delight in far reaching penalties on this case. I’ll thunder you why in a tiny.
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— Anthony Natif (@TonyNatif) June 18, 2025
PW18 didn’t greet or talk over with her on narrative of she’d been instructed no longer to. She went ahead to swab the hands of her fingers and received a buccal swab (mouth), which she talked about changed into as soon as supposed to get her DNA.
Right here is the place the chaos started.
On substandard-examination led by Mr. Elison Karuhanga of KAA Advocates, PW18 gave the affect to trudge abet the whisper that she signed within the ebook at the predominant gate, announcing as a replacement she signed in a single “Dr Brian’s” place of work.
On the instruction of his consumer, Elison build it to her that there wasn’t a Dr. Brian on Molly’s care personnel and there may perchance no longer be one at IHK.
In a dramatic twist, he pulled out a scientific chart from the scientific institution and build it to her that at the time she talked about to thrill in viewed Mrs. Katanga within the ICU (btn 2-3pm), she changed into as soon as in fact in theater having an operation and changed into as soon as most effective introduced to the ICU at 5 pm.
He wondered how she may perchance delight in swabbed Molly’s fingers that she talked about were wrapped to the tip or how she may perchance shove “issues in her mouth” without incident.
Court docket resumes this day with substandard-examination by SC Kabega.
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