{A native doctor accused of trespassing at Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court and sprinkling fetishes (powder-like substances) on the seat of the Chief Magistrate has been further remanded to Luzira Prison.}
Mr Issa Kiwanuka is facing one count of criminal trespass alongside Ms Alice Nalule. Grade One Magistrate, Joan Aciro ordered the duo to return to prison until January 22, when they will appear for the hearing.
The two accused persons first appeared before court on January 14, this year and entered a plea of not guilty.
Prosecution led by Ms Patricia Chingtho state that the duo on January 12, this year at Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court in Kampala District unlawfully entered into or upon Court One, in the possession of the judiciary (a time non-staff members are not allowed to enter). Prosecution further stated that they remained there with intent to intimidate, insult or annoy No.30022 Police Corporal, Jackson Bansiime, who was charged with the responsibility of watching over court.
The accused persons were caught by the court cleaners, sprinkling fetishes in the wee hours of the morning, before court business could begin.
Upon interrogation at Police, Mr Kiwanuka a peasant from Mityana, revealed that he doubles as a native doctor and Ms Nalule had hired him to cast a spell on the seat of the Chief Magistrate and that of the state prosecutors with the intention of causing them to release her husband who was identified as Mr Zacchaeus Ssekiziyivu from jail.
Mr Ssekiziyivu is facing over 100 charges of obtaining money by false pretense, and his case was coming up for mention the day they were arrested. His case proceeded and he was returned to prison on remand.
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