KAMPALA- The accused persons implicated in the murder of businessman Henry Katanga have denied charges against them.
The key suspect and deceased’s widow Molly Katanga, has denied the charges against her, saying she understood well the offenses read against her but it is not true that she committed the offense.
This was before the High Court Criminal Division presided over by Justice Isaac Muwata when the matter came up for hearing.
The Court has heard that on November 2, 2023, at Mbuya, Chwa II, in Nakawa Division, with malice aforethought, Molly Katanga killed her husband, Henry Katanga.
Molly’s two daughters Patricia Kankwanzi and Martha Nkwanzi with whom she is jointly charged have denied charges of destroying and tampering with valuable evidence that would have been used in the judicial trial to prove the murder of their father.
On the other hand, the family’s shamba boy George Amanyire and a nursing officer Charles Otai, have been charged with being an accessory after the fact of murder which they have also denied.
Prior to this, the court stood over proceedings to look for a Rutoro Language Interpreter after one of the accused persons. Amanyire said he prefers the trial to be conducted in Rutoro, a language he understands best.
Meanwhile Molly has asked to be tried via zoom saying that she gets hardships climbing stairs while coming to the High Court room. The court has no ramps for people who use wheelchairs.
But in response, the Judge Muwata indicated that they have not yet decided on who should be charged, and who shouldn’t on some charges and thus advised her to return tomorrow for his ruling on the matter.
Molly who was wheeled to Court in a wheelchair by the Safety and Security Unit-SSU the elite force of the prison services, remains on remand at Luzira Women’s Prison while her co-accused were granted bail about four months ago.