Kichwamba Suspect Released, Re-Arrested
THE key suspect in the 1998 Kichwamba students massacre was yesterday re-arrested shortly after court had granted her a sh1m bond.
By Anne Mugisa
and Hillary Kiirya
THE key suspect in the 1998 Kichwamba students massacre was yesterday re-arrested shortly after court had granted her a sh1m bond.
Plain-clothes security operatives with two white saloon cars picked Sarah Nabakooza just outside the Buganda Road Court premises.
Nabakooza, who did not have any money, had been given sh1,000 by a police officer to whom she pleaded for assistance.
She carried her child and a flask in a polythene bag at the time of the arrest.
She had been released after the Police file of evidence against her went missing. She spent four years on remand.
Nabakooza, 25, who comes from Mukatafali village, Kaliro in Rakai district had been released in the morning by Buganda Road Court Magistrate, Mafabi.
She faces 20 charges of murder which she allegedly committed at Kichwamba Technical Institute in Kabarole district on June 6,1998. She is jointly charged with Yusuf Abdullah Kabanda from Bwera in Kasese.
The students were burnt in their dormitories after suspected rebels of the Allied Democratic Front (ADF) staged a surprise dawn attack at the college situated at the foot of Mount Rwenzori, some 10 miles from Fort-Portal town.
The rebels poured petrol in the dormitories and set them ablaze killing over 80 students and abducting those who tried to escape.
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and Hillary Kiirya
THE key suspect in the 1998 Kichwamba students massacre was yesterday re-arrested shortly after court had granted her a sh1m bond.
Plain-clothes security operatives with two white saloon cars picked Sarah Nabakooza just outside the Buganda Road Court premises.
Nabakooza, who did not have any money, had been given sh1,000 by a police officer to whom she pleaded for assistance.
She carried her child and a flask in a polythene bag at the time of the arrest.
She had been released after the Police file of evidence against her went missing. She spent four years on remand.
Nabakooza, 25, who comes from Mukatafali village, Kaliro in Rakai district had been released in the morning by Buganda Road Court Magistrate, Mafabi.
She faces 20 charges of murder which she allegedly committed at Kichwamba Technical Institute in Kabarole district on June 6,1998. She is jointly charged with Yusuf Abdullah Kabanda from Bwera in Kasese.
The students were burnt in their dormitories after suspected rebels of the Allied Democratic Front (ADF) staged a surprise dawn attack at the college situated at the foot of Mount Rwenzori, some 10 miles from Fort-Portal town.
The rebels poured petrol in the dormitories and set them ablaze killing over 80 students and abducting those who tried to escape.
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