Sep 09, 2019
DEATH COURT MAKINDYE
Business at the Makindye Chief Magistrates' Court temporarily came to a standstill on Monday afternoon when a man collapsed and died during proceedings in the magistrates' chambers.
The man, identified as Ephraim Kizito (aged about 70 years), a resident of Nabutiti, Kansanga in Makindye Division in Kampala, was not a litigant in the matter.
He had only accompanied his wife, Rosemary Kizito, for the hearing of her case. The wife was on charges of assault. The case was before Robert Okipi, Magistrate Grade II.
Kizito, who some time back stood surety for his wife, gently sat in a court seat in the chambers of His Worship Okipi, awaiting the hearing of the wife's case when he collapsed on his own and died instantly.
The court was immediately adjourned and the unfortunate incident was communicated to the Resident Divisional Commissioner Makindye and the Divisional Police Commander for Katwe.
The Scene of Crime Officers (SOCOs) were dispatched to the Court to conduct preliminary investigations on the cause of death. The Police, accompanied by relatives, later took the body to the City Mortuary for post-mortem.
"The Judiciary awaits to confirm the cause of Kizito's death from the Post-mortem and Police Investigations Reports," said the Chief Registrar, Ms. Esta Nambayo.
Kizito is not the first to die in court. Egypt's first democratically elected civilian president Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist who was ousted after one year of divisive rule, died in court after falling ill during a court hearing in June this year.
