Court sets King Mumbere case for September 12

Court has set September 12 to hear and determine an application in which Rwenzururu King Charles Wesley Mumbere is seeking orders to relax bail terms against him.
In January 2017, High Court judge Eva Luswata released King Mumbere on bail but his movements were restricted to Kampala, Wakiso and Jinja districts.
High Court Judge Margaret Oumo Oguli yesterday set the hearing date in the meeting held between King Mumbere’s lawyers and the state.
The king and his co-accused had appeared before the International Crimes Division of the High Court to answer bail terms and hearing of his application.
Through his lawyers, King Mumbere alleges that since his release, the state turned it into house arrest, adding that efforts to seek medical attention have to be cleared through security agencies.
It is alleged that instead of the police guarding Mumbere, the army’s Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) has since assumed the role of manning his security.
He alleges that he has been “traumatised” since the arrest.
The court will also hear a separate application by former Rwenzururu acting prime minister Johnson Thembo Kitsumbire and six juveniles who are seeking to have their bail terms relaxed.
The lawyers state that under the bail terms, Mr Kitsumbire is barred from accessing his home and family and he is left without support in Kampala.
It is alleged that although they are in Kasese, the six juveniles find it costly to report to court every month yet they have to attend school.

Charges
King Mumbere and his co-accused are facing charges of treason, terrorism, murder, aggravated robbery and being in possession of illegal firearms.
He was arrested on November 26, 2016, during an army raid on his Buhikira palace in Kasese Town and was first held at police’s high security Nalufenya detention centre in Jinja before he was remanded to Luzira Prison in December 2016.
The raid on the palace left more than 100 people, including royal guards and police officers killed.
The king was arrested with close to 200 other loyalists during the raid and in the aftermath.