Kirumira murder case: Court assessor clear Abubaker Kalungi
Two court assessors who have been following the murder trial of former police officer Muhammad Kirumira have advised the High Court to find the suspect Abubaker Kalungi innocent and acquit him of the crime.
The assessors told Justice Margaret Mutonyi that they are not convinced that Kalungi participated in the murder of Kirumira and another victim Resty Nalinnya Mbabazi in Bulenga Trading Center, Wakiso district. Justice Mutonyi has indicated that she will deliver judgement on 24th April 2023. They said they are convinced that the prosecution proved that Kirumira's death was unlawful and committed with malice aforethought and that none of the 15 Prosecution witnesses had placed Abubaker Kalungi at the scene of the crime. Kalungi is said to have been hired by one Kateregga who is reportedly dead, to trail Kirumira's movements. It shall also be remembered that on 23rd November last year, Justice Mutonyi dismissed a confession statement of one of the suspects Abubaker Kalungi saying that the State had failed to prove that it was voluntarily made as it was full of contradictions.
Kalungi was acquitted but was rearrested soon after.