Kajubi trial witness changes testimony
MARIAM Nabukeera, a witness in the ritual murder case against tycoon Godfrey Kato Kajubi, on Tuesday denied the extra judicial statement she made before the magistrate.
By Hillary Nsambu
and Ali Mambule
MARIAM Nabukeera, a witness in the ritual murder case against tycoon Godfrey Kato Kajubi, on Tuesday denied the extra judicial statement she made before the magistrate.
In the statement, Nabukeera had accused her husband, Umaru Kateregga, a Masaka-based witchdoctor, of locking her in a room as he brought a boy of about 11 years into their house and later left with him to a an unknown place.
Earlier, Nabukeera also denied a statement, which she allegedly made at the Police after she and Kateregga were arrested after the boy’s murder.
However, she failed to confirm or deny that her husband had lied in his statement to the Police in which he confessed that he lured the boy into their home and killed him with a panga as Nabukeera assisted him to drain the blood.
“I cannot say my husband lied to the Police when he allegedly told them that he killed the boy with my assistance. But, what I can say is I don’t know anything about that,†Nabukeera told the High Court in Masaka.
Nabukeera was under a-four-hour intense cross-examination by the defence lawyer, MacDusman Kabega.
Kajubi had originally been indicted with Kateregga and Nabukeera for the murder, but the State withdrew the charges against Kateregga and Nabukeera and turned them into witnesses.
When the judge, Justice Moses Mukiibi, asked Nabukeera why she wanted the court to believe a statement she told them on Tuesday, a year after the murder and to disregard the statements she made two days after the incident to the Police and before the magistrate, Nabukeera insisted that what she stated in the court is what she knew as the truth.
She also denied telling the Police and the magistrate that she was 21 years old. “They just put down whatever they wanted and I don’t know why,†she stated in a shaky voice.
Nabukeera also said she mentioned Kajubi’s name, but the people who recorded the statements did not include it. When shown the two statements she reportedly made to the Police and to the magistrate, Nabukeera confirmed that the signatures on both documents were hers. But she disowned the contents of the statements.
and Ali Mambule
MARIAM Nabukeera, a witness in the ritual murder case against tycoon Godfrey Kato Kajubi, on Tuesday denied the extra judicial statement she made before the magistrate.
In the statement, Nabukeera had accused her husband, Umaru Kateregga, a Masaka-based witchdoctor, of locking her in a room as he brought a boy of about 11 years into their house and later left with him to a an unknown place.
Earlier, Nabukeera also denied a statement, which she allegedly made at the Police after she and Kateregga were arrested after the boy’s murder.
However, she failed to confirm or deny that her husband had lied in his statement to the Police in which he confessed that he lured the boy into their home and killed him with a panga as Nabukeera assisted him to drain the blood.
“I cannot say my husband lied to the Police when he allegedly told them that he killed the boy with my assistance. But, what I can say is I don’t know anything about that,†Nabukeera told the High Court in Masaka.
Nabukeera was under a-four-hour intense cross-examination by the defence lawyer, MacDusman Kabega.
Kajubi had originally been indicted with Kateregga and Nabukeera for the murder, but the State withdrew the charges against Kateregga and Nabukeera and turned them into witnesses.
When the judge, Justice Moses Mukiibi, asked Nabukeera why she wanted the court to believe a statement she told them on Tuesday, a year after the murder and to disregard the statements she made two days after the incident to the Police and before the magistrate, Nabukeera insisted that what she stated in the court is what she knew as the truth.
She also denied telling the Police and the magistrate that she was 21 years old. “They just put down whatever they wanted and I don’t know why,†she stated in a shaky voice.
Nabukeera also said she mentioned Kajubi’s name, but the people who recorded the statements did not include it. When shown the two statements she reportedly made to the Police and to the magistrate, Nabukeera confirmed that the signatures on both documents were hers. But she disowned the contents of the statements.