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BoU pigs case: Suspects released on bail
The suspects in the dock at Buganda Road Magistrate's Court on November 30, 2018. Extreme left is their lawyer, Isaac Semakadde scanning through files. PHOTO BY BETTY NDAGIRE
What you need to know:
- Court released the accused with orders that they should return to court on December 19 and also maintain peace in society.
- Police records indicate that the pigs that the duo allegedly dropped at BoU were draped in placards with the pictures of the Central Bank governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile and Juma Kisaame, the outgoing managing director of dfcu bank.
Kampala.
Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to 2 youths accused of dropping pigs at the main entrance to Bank of Uganda (BoU) in Kampala.
Robert Mayanja and Augustine Ojobire are charged with one count of being a common nuisance.
Appearing before magistrate Joan Ketty Acaa, the two were released on a cash bail of Shs100,000 each and their sureties were bonded at Shs5m not cash.
Court released the accused with orders that they should return to court on December 19 and also maintain peace in society.
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Police said the piglets were picked and are currently kept at Kampala Central Police Station
Ms Acaa also gave the state the last adjournment of December 19 to present all prosecution witnesses.
During the hearing, the scene of crime officer detective constable, Emmanuel Aturinda told court that he was in charge of labelling all the exhibits, packing and submitting them to the lab for forensic examination.
He said that on November 15, he was called by his colleagues at around midday informing him that two men had stormed Central Police Station (CPS) Kampala with two heads of pigs.
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Evidence presented by the central bank security director, Mr Milton Opiyo, tracked Ms Bagyenda to have first travelled to Kiswa between Nakawa and Bugolobi
He photographed the accused who were arrested having two heads of pigs and placards attached to them.
Prosecution contends that on the November 15, at Buganda Road near CPS parking yard, the two suspects carried the heads of pigs along the road causing inconvenience to the public exercising common rights.
Police records indicate that the pigs that the duo allegedly dropped at BoU were draped in placards with the pictures of the Central Bank governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile and Juma Kisaame, the outgoing managing director of dfcu bank.
Bank of Uganda officials are currently under probe by the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) over the closure of commercial banks.
