KAMPALA-UGANDA/NEWSDAY: The High court has set March 14, 2022 as ruling date in a matter of alleged involvement in agrevated robbery by Pastor Jackson Ssenyonga’s guards and two others of a church member.
Four witnesses including a woman police officer testified to court that Wasswa and three others, another guard at the church, an usher and a chapati maker participated in assaulting Mr Sam Mukula before robbing him of his watch , a phone cell, a national Identity Card and cash totalling Ugsh 500,000/ in June 2018.
According to a statement recorded by Pastor Ssenyonga, he says that whereas the offence was committed around the Church , he remembers on the fateful day Wasswa was busy on his duties .
“As far as I know and remember, Wasswa was busy with his usual duties,” Ssenyonga said in an a a police statement that emerged yesterday.
The said Wasswa is the pastor’s chief guard and prosecution maintains he was actively involved in the offence of assaulting, robbing and lifting the victim and throwing Mukula over the church fence nearly killing the victim.
Presiding Justice Isaac Muwata announced March 14 as the ruling date after all witness a counts in Thursday.
But he directed the defence and prosecution to file rejoinders by next week before court passes preminary judgement of case to answer before the case can otherwise proceed.
Initially prosecution alleged that the case was committed by Wasswa and three others , Ojulongo Ali alias Peter a guard , Al Wanyama Santana Ivan an ursher and Mwanda Godfrey alias Kefa a chapati maker at the church.
The second witness after the victim, Mr Oligo Micheal a medical officer took court through how they tried saving Mukula’s damaged organs from Kaleerwe medical clinic until he was transferred to Mulago national referral hospital.
The third witness and a friend of the victim Mr Alex Tusiime described the whole thing as being bloody and regretable to people who claim to be close to a pastor.
The officer also described details of the Uganda shillings 500,000/ stollen from victim saying one hundred was in five thousand paper notes while the balance was in fifity paper notes according to Mukula’s employer who paid him that evening.
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