The Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court has postponed the hearing of the theft case city socialite Charles Olimi alias Sipapa, is battling, to July 3, 2023. 

Sipapa is accused of theft of sh169m cash and office breaking. 

Early this year, he appeared before Grade One Magistrate Esther Adikini and denied the charges.  

Under sections 254, 261 and 297 of the Penal Code Act, the offence of office breaking attracts a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment while theft elicits a 10-year jail term, upon conviction.  

On Tuesday, May 30, when the case came up for hearing, Grade One Magistrate John Robert Okipi informed the court that the trial magistrate is indisposed. 

This prompted him to adjourn the case to July 3, 2023, for a hearing and Sipapa was further remanded until then. 

Sipapa in the dock at Makindye Chief Magistrate's Court

Background 

The prosecution alleges that Sipapa broke into the office of Waada Atsushi and stole his property on February 3, 2019, in Kisugu, Makindye Division in Kampala district.  

According to the prosecution, Sipapa allegedly stole four Canon batteries, 11 camera lenses, five compact flashes, eight computers, five filters, four hard discs, one electronic dictionary, a backpack, an electric book, an extension tube and a laptop bag-all valued at sh169m. 

All the items reportedly belonged to Atsushi.