Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has today Thursday kicked off the hearing of 50 Criminal Appeals.
Among them include; Aggravated Defilement convictions (17) and Murder (17), Aggravated Robbery (09), Rape (02), Malicious Damage (02), and Forgery (01).
The hearing that is expected to last at least three weeks will be presided over by the Deputy Chief Justice, Richard Buteera, and two other justices including; Elizabeth Musoke and Cheborion Barishaki.
The Registrar in Charge of the Criminal Registry at the Court, Mary Kaitesi, says these are the highest number of appeals to be handled during this session.
Court of Appeal
Notable among the appeals to be handled is an appeal by the Inspectorate of Government (IGG) against the acquittal of former Minister of Works and Transport, Eng. Abraham Byandala and three others were named in the Mukono-Katosi road scam. The scam led to a sh 24.7b loss to the Government.
The Justices will also hear an appeal by Joe Ssemugooma and two others against their conviction by the Anti-Corruption Court.
Ssemugooma and one of his co-appellants were handed a five-year jail term while another was sentenced to 10 years. The trio is currently out on bail, pending determination of their appeal.
Rashidah Naakayi
