Col. Mande Trial Flops

Feb 26, 2001

KAMPALA - The trial of Lt. Col. Samson Mande and Capt. Masembe Kabali on terrorism charges failed to take off yesterday at the General Court Martial in Makindye because Mande was absent.

KAMPALA - The trial of Lt. Col. Samson Mande and Capt. Masembe Kabali on terrorism charges failed to take off yesterday at the General Court Martial in Makindye because Mande was absent. Patrick Nyakana, the lawyer representing the two officers, told the court that Mande was hospitalised and was to undergo an operation at Kampala Diagnostic Imaging Consultants Clinic in Bukoto. State prosecutor Capt. Richard Zziwa, however, claimed Mande's illness was a trick to delay the trial. Ends

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