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Nov 19, 2010
ARUA Municipality MP Hussein Akbar Godi’s murder trial continued on Wednesday at Mukono High Court before Justice Lawrence Gidudu.
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?
By Paddy Nsobya
and Edward Anyoli
ARUA Municipality MP Hussein Akbar Godi’s murder trial continued on Wednesday at Mukono High Court before Justice Lawrence Gidudu. Godi is accused of killing his wife Rehema Caesar at Lukojjo in Mukono district on December 4, 2008. Senior Principal State Attorney Joan Kagezi produced more witnesses to testify against Godi who was in court with his lawyers Macdusman Kabega and Samali Kayinza.
Witness: My name is Henry Tamale, 44, resident of Lukojjo village in Nama sub-county in Mukono district. I am a site manager with Interstate Service Management.
Kagezi: Do you know the accused person in dock?
Tamale: No.
Kagezi: Do you know why you are here?
Tamale: Yes.
Kagezi: What happened on December 4, 2008?
Tamale: I spent the day in Fort portal and returned home at around 10:00pm. As I and my family were about to eat supper, we heard people grumbling like drunkards on the main road. I peeped through the window and saw a man chasing a lady. The lady ran towards my door. I opened the door and asked them what the matter was.
Judge: In what language?
Tamale: I asked in Luganda but they spoke a strange language I could not understand.
Judge: In what way were they behaving?
Tamale: I think they were quarreling and the man was trying to grab the lady but she was resisting.
Kagezi: What followed?
Tamale: I chased them and they moved a few metres way.
Kagezi: what followed?
Tamale: Since they did not pay attention to me, I ordered for a stick to cane and chase them away but before the stick was brought, I heard a gunshot.
Judge: From what distance did you hear the gunshot?
Tamale: I was two metres away from them.
Judge: Who fired?
Tamale: Probably one of the two.
Kagezi: What did you do?
Tamale: I ran back into my house.
Kagezi: Did you see them after the shot?
Tamale: I saw them walking back to the road.
Kagezi: In what state were they?
Tamale: The lady seemed to be weak and was being supported by the man. they went to the neighbour’s house and the woman sat on the verandah. The man left her there.
Judge: Did you see them?
Tamale: Yes.
Kagezi: What followed?
Tamale: The man came back and grabbed her at a kiosk nearby.
Kagezi: What happened next?
Tamale: I heard another gun shot.
Kagezi: Then after that?
Tamale: I peeped through the window and saw the man walking back towards the road.
Kagezi: Was there light?
Tamale: Yes there was a security light but it was not very bright.
Kagezi: Did you recognise the man and the woman?
Tamale: Not properly but the woman was small and young and the man was tall.
Kabega: I want you to confirm that this light outside was dim.
Tamale: Yes it was.
Kabega: You were very frightened by the shot. Correct?
Tamale: Yes.
Kabega: Because you were very much frightened and the light was dim, you were unable to recognise the two people. Correct?
Tamale: Yes.
Kabega: Before the man and the woman ran to your house, did you hear a vehicle coming from the main road?
Tamale: No.
Kabega: How about a motorcycle?
Tamale: No.
Kabega: You said your house is about 50 metres from the main road. In that distance, I think one can hear a car moving on the main road. Correct?
Tamale: Yes.
Kabega: Next to your house is a building. How many shops are there?
Tamale: There are three but only one was operating. At the time of the incident it was closed and its owner, one Ssempala, was away.
Kabega: So Ssempala did not witness the incident.
Tamale: No.
Kabega: You did not see who fired the gun. Correct?
Tamale: I did not.
Kabega: In fact you did not even see the gun. Correct?
Tamale: I did not see it.
Kabega: Because you were in the house when you heard the shot, it is possible that the gunshots you heard were fired from the main road. Correct?
Tamale: I don’t know who fired the second shot but the first shot I heard came from the two people.
Judge: You talked to the man and woman and they spoke a strange language you did not understand. didn’t you look at their faces?
Tamale: No my Lord.
Judge: why?
Tamale: My Lord, I don’t know why I did not.
Second witness
Witness: my name is Lwanga Muhamood, 29, a cyclist at Katoogo stage in Mukono town and resident of Kabula LC1 in Nama sub-county.
Kagezi: Do you know the accused person?
Lwanga: No.
Kagezi: What happened to you on 4th December, 2008?
Lwanga: I was carrying two passengers on my motorcycle heading to Katoogo on Kayunga road. When we reached Lukojjo, we saw a car coming towards us slowly, with full lights. I thought the occupants were robbers charging towards us and I decided to increase speed and by pass them. However, the car knocked and squeezed us against the pavement.
Kagezi: What happened next?
Lwanga: We cried out to the driver to drive off the pavement and save our lives but there was no response.
Judge: Why?
Lwanga: There was no driver in the car.
Kagezi: How did you know that there was no driver?
Lwanga: One Gitta, a passenger I was carrying, was not injured much. He reversed the car and saved us. He told me he found no driver inside.
Kagezi: What car was it?
Lwanga: It was like a small Pajero, short chassis and blue in color.
Kagezi: What happened next?
Lwanga: I heard gunshots and ran for safety.
Judge: Why?
Lwanga: The motorcycle had been crushed and was not able to carry us.
Kagezi: Where did you hear the gunshots from?
Lwanga: Behind me on the right hand side of the road.
Kagezi: What was the car’s registration number?
Lwanga: I remember only UAJ...J and when the gun was fired I fled without reading the figures.
Kagezi: Was the gun shot from far?
Lwanga: No.
Kagezi: Did you get injuries after being knocked?
Lwanga: Yes. I sustained an injury on my ankle and went to Mukono health centre for treatment. I was admitted for two days.
Kagezi: Did you write a statement at police?
Lwanga: I did, four days after the accident. Police came to my home.
Kagezi: What did police do after taking your statement?
Lwanga: Police took my motorcycle to assess the gravity of the accident I was involved in.
Kagezi: Do you know where your motor cycle was taken?
Lwanga: It was taken to Kibuli police station. I was called there to explain the accident and that is how I came to see it there.
Judge: Where was the car that knocked you?
Lwanga: It was also there at police.
Judge: What type of car?
Lwanga: I can’t tell.
Kagezi: The car you saw at Kibuli, had you ever seen it somewhere else at one time?
Lwanga: No. this was my first time.
Judge: You said you were knocked by a car that had no driver. Did you know the type of the car that knocked you?
Lwanga: I was not able to recognise the car.
Judge: Was the car at Kibuli similar to that which knocked you?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kagezi: What was the registration number of the car you saw at Kibuli?
Lwanga: It was UAJ 455 J.
Kagezi: After your motorcycle was examined did you take it back?
Lwanga: I took it after one and a half months, repaired it and sold it.
Kabega: At what time was the accident?
Lwanga: It was between 10:00pm and 11:00pm.
Kabega: You said the car put on full lights and you too put on full lights. Correct?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: Before it knocked you, you did not see its number plate. Correct?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: You said the car knocked you and squeezed you on pavement. Correct?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: I tell you that when you were pressed on the pavement, you suffered a severe pain. True?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: At that moment you were struggling to save your own life. Correct?
Lwanga: True.
Kabega: In that situation the pain was severe and you heard gunshots, which made it worse for you to see the colour of the car and the number plate.
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: I concur with you that in that situation you did not see the colour or the number plate of the car that knocked you. Correct?
Lwanga: True
Kabega: When you left hospital you went home. You never reported this accident to police. Correct?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: I suggest you did not report to police because you were never knocked.
Lwanga: I was knocked.
Kabega: You said police came to your home. Why?
Lwanga: They wanted an explanation about the accident and also to know about the person who was killed near where the accident was.
Kabega: Did you see the person who was killed?
Lwanga: No.
Kabega: At Kibuli you saw a car with registration number UAJ 455 J. Was it your first time to see that car?
Lwanga: Yes it was.
Kagezi: Why didn’t you report the accident to police?
Lwanga: Policemen are difficult people.
Kagezi: How?
Lwanga: They ask a lot of questions and they think they are more educated.
Judge: what class did you stop in?
Lwanga: I stopped in P.7.
Judge: Okay. Go.
Another Prosecution witness number enters the witness box.
Witness: Iam Ben Guma Taban.
Kagezi: your age?
Guma: I am 32 years old.
Kagezi: What is your occupation?
Guma: Iam a soldier attached to the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI).
Kagezi: What are your duties?
Guma: I am the in charge of the armoury. I issue and receive firearms and ammunition.
Kagezi: Do you know the accused?
Guma: Yes.
Kagezi: Who is he?
Guma: He is Godi.
Kagezi: How do you know him?
Guma: I met him at CMI in the chief, James Mugira’s office.
Kagezi: What happened?
Guma: A military attaché called Lt. Kafuuko called me to his office to check the armoury and give 10 live ammunition to Hon. Godi on Decemeber 5, 2008.
Kagezi: What type of ammunition?
Guma: Calibre 7.6 millimetre, for a Star Pistol.
By Paddy Nsobya
and Edward Anyoli
ARUA Municipality MP Hussein Akbar Godi’s murder trial continued on Wednesday at Mukono High Court before Justice Lawrence Gidudu. Godi is accused of killing his wife Rehema Caesar at Lukojjo in Mukono district on December 4, 2008. Senior Principal State Attorney Joan Kagezi produced more witnesses to testify against Godi who was in court with his lawyers Macdusman Kabega and Samali Kayinza.
Witness: My name is Henry Tamale, 44, resident of Lukojjo village in Nama sub-county in Mukono district. I am a site manager with Interstate Service Management.
Kagezi: Do you know the accused person in dock?
Tamale: No.
Kagezi: Do you know why you are here?
Tamale: Yes.
Kagezi: What happened on December 4, 2008?
Tamale: I spent the day in Fort portal and returned home at around 10:00pm. As I and my family were about to eat supper, we heard people grumbling like drunkards on the main road. I peeped through the window and saw a man chasing a lady. The lady ran towards my door. I opened the door and asked them what the matter was.
Judge: In what language?
Tamale: I asked in Luganda but they spoke a strange language I could not understand.
Judge: In what way were they behaving?
Tamale: I think they were quarreling and the man was trying to grab the lady but she was resisting.
Kagezi: What followed?
Tamale: I chased them and they moved a few metres way.
Kagezi: what followed?
Tamale: Since they did not pay attention to me, I ordered for a stick to cane and chase them away but before the stick was brought, I heard a gunshot.
Judge: From what distance did you hear the gunshot?
Tamale: I was two metres away from them.
Judge: Who fired?
Tamale: Probably one of the two.
Kagezi: What did you do?
Tamale: I ran back into my house.
Kagezi: Did you see them after the shot?
Tamale: I saw them walking back to the road.
Kagezi: In what state were they?
Tamale: The lady seemed to be weak and was being supported by the man. they went to the neighbour’s house and the woman sat on the verandah. The man left her there.
Judge: Did you see them?
Tamale: Yes.
Kagezi: What followed?
Tamale: The man came back and grabbed her at a kiosk nearby.
Kagezi: What happened next?
Tamale: I heard another gun shot.
Kagezi: Then after that?
Tamale: I peeped through the window and saw the man walking back towards the road.
Kagezi: Was there light?
Tamale: Yes there was a security light but it was not very bright.
Kagezi: Did you recognise the man and the woman?
Tamale: Not properly but the woman was small and young and the man was tall.
Kabega: I want you to confirm that this light outside was dim.
Tamale: Yes it was.
Kabega: You were very frightened by the shot. Correct?
Tamale: Yes.
Kabega: Because you were very much frightened and the light was dim, you were unable to recognise the two people. Correct?
Tamale: Yes.
Kabega: Before the man and the woman ran to your house, did you hear a vehicle coming from the main road?
Tamale: No.
Kabega: How about a motorcycle?
Tamale: No.
Kabega: You said your house is about 50 metres from the main road. In that distance, I think one can hear a car moving on the main road. Correct?
Tamale: Yes.
Kabega: Next to your house is a building. How many shops are there?
Tamale: There are three but only one was operating. At the time of the incident it was closed and its owner, one Ssempala, was away.
Kabega: So Ssempala did not witness the incident.
Tamale: No.
Kabega: You did not see who fired the gun. Correct?
Tamale: I did not.
Kabega: In fact you did not even see the gun. Correct?
Tamale: I did not see it.
Kabega: Because you were in the house when you heard the shot, it is possible that the gunshots you heard were fired from the main road. Correct?
Tamale: I don’t know who fired the second shot but the first shot I heard came from the two people.
Judge: You talked to the man and woman and they spoke a strange language you did not understand. didn’t you look at their faces?
Tamale: No my Lord.
Judge: why?
Tamale: My Lord, I don’t know why I did not.
Second witness
Witness: my name is Lwanga Muhamood, 29, a cyclist at Katoogo stage in Mukono town and resident of Kabula LC1 in Nama sub-county.
Kagezi: Do you know the accused person?
Lwanga: No.
Kagezi: What happened to you on 4th December, 2008?
Lwanga: I was carrying two passengers on my motorcycle heading to Katoogo on Kayunga road. When we reached Lukojjo, we saw a car coming towards us slowly, with full lights. I thought the occupants were robbers charging towards us and I decided to increase speed and by pass them. However, the car knocked and squeezed us against the pavement.
Kagezi: What happened next?
Lwanga: We cried out to the driver to drive off the pavement and save our lives but there was no response.
Judge: Why?
Lwanga: There was no driver in the car.
Kagezi: How did you know that there was no driver?
Lwanga: One Gitta, a passenger I was carrying, was not injured much. He reversed the car and saved us. He told me he found no driver inside.
Kagezi: What car was it?
Lwanga: It was like a small Pajero, short chassis and blue in color.
Kagezi: What happened next?
Lwanga: I heard gunshots and ran for safety.
Judge: Why?
Lwanga: The motorcycle had been crushed and was not able to carry us.
Kagezi: Where did you hear the gunshots from?
Lwanga: Behind me on the right hand side of the road.
Kagezi: What was the car’s registration number?
Lwanga: I remember only UAJ...J and when the gun was fired I fled without reading the figures.
Kagezi: Was the gun shot from far?
Lwanga: No.
Kagezi: Did you get injuries after being knocked?
Lwanga: Yes. I sustained an injury on my ankle and went to Mukono health centre for treatment. I was admitted for two days.
Kagezi: Did you write a statement at police?
Lwanga: I did, four days after the accident. Police came to my home.
Kagezi: What did police do after taking your statement?
Lwanga: Police took my motorcycle to assess the gravity of the accident I was involved in.
Kagezi: Do you know where your motor cycle was taken?
Lwanga: It was taken to Kibuli police station. I was called there to explain the accident and that is how I came to see it there.
Judge: Where was the car that knocked you?
Lwanga: It was also there at police.
Judge: What type of car?
Lwanga: I can’t tell.
Kagezi: The car you saw at Kibuli, had you ever seen it somewhere else at one time?
Lwanga: No. this was my first time.
Judge: You said you were knocked by a car that had no driver. Did you know the type of the car that knocked you?
Lwanga: I was not able to recognise the car.
Judge: Was the car at Kibuli similar to that which knocked you?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kagezi: What was the registration number of the car you saw at Kibuli?
Lwanga: It was UAJ 455 J.
Kagezi: After your motorcycle was examined did you take it back?
Lwanga: I took it after one and a half months, repaired it and sold it.
Kabega: At what time was the accident?
Lwanga: It was between 10:00pm and 11:00pm.
Kabega: You said the car put on full lights and you too put on full lights. Correct?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: Before it knocked you, you did not see its number plate. Correct?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: You said the car knocked you and squeezed you on pavement. Correct?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: I tell you that when you were pressed on the pavement, you suffered a severe pain. True?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: At that moment you were struggling to save your own life. Correct?
Lwanga: True.
Kabega: In that situation the pain was severe and you heard gunshots, which made it worse for you to see the colour of the car and the number plate.
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: I concur with you that in that situation you did not see the colour or the number plate of the car that knocked you. Correct?
Lwanga: True
Kabega: When you left hospital you went home. You never reported this accident to police. Correct?
Lwanga: Yes.
Kabega: I suggest you did not report to police because you were never knocked.
Lwanga: I was knocked.
Kabega: You said police came to your home. Why?
Lwanga: They wanted an explanation about the accident and also to know about the person who was killed near where the accident was.
Kabega: Did you see the person who was killed?
Lwanga: No.
Kabega: At Kibuli you saw a car with registration number UAJ 455 J. Was it your first time to see that car?
Lwanga: Yes it was.
Kagezi: Why didn’t you report the accident to police?
Lwanga: Policemen are difficult people.
Kagezi: How?
Lwanga: They ask a lot of questions and they think they are more educated.
Judge: what class did you stop in?
Lwanga: I stopped in P.7.
Judge: Okay. Go.
Another Prosecution witness number enters the witness box.
Witness: Iam Ben Guma Taban.
Kagezi: your age?
Guma: I am 32 years old.
Kagezi: What is your occupation?
Guma: Iam a soldier attached to the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI).
Kagezi: What are your duties?
Guma: I am the in charge of the armoury. I issue and receive firearms and ammunition.
Kagezi: Do you know the accused?
Guma: Yes.
Kagezi: Who is he?
Guma: He is Godi.
Kagezi: How do you know him?
Guma: I met him at CMI in the chief, James Mugira’s office.
Kagezi: What happened?
Guma: A military attaché called Lt. Kafuuko called me to his office to check the armoury and give 10 live ammunition to Hon. Godi on Decemeber 5, 2008.
Kagezi: What type of ammunition?
Guma: Calibre 7.6 millimetre, for a Star Pistol.