Court name
High Court of Uganda
Judgment date
1 October 2003
Uganda v Magigu Isabirye and Ors (HCT-03-CR-SC-2003/209) [2003] UGHC 15 (01 October 2003);
Cite this case
[2003] UGHC 15
Short summary:
Criminal law
THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF UGANDA AT JINJA
CASE NO: HCT-03-CR-SC-0209 OF 2003
UGANDA ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PROSECUTOR
VERSUS
A1. MAGIGU ISABIRYE }
A2. IDUMA ISABIRYE }
A3. TWAHIRI ISABIRYE }::::::: ACCUSED
A4. HASAN ISABIRYE }
A5. IDI ISABIRYE }
A6. EDIRISA KANAKA alias ISABIRYE }
BEFORE: HON. MR. JUSTICE DAVID K. WANGUTUSI
J U D G M E N T:-
The villages of Katuba and Wandegeya lay next to each other in Kityerera sub-county.
The deceased and his family lived in Katuba. So did the 6th accused Edirisa Isabilye. The 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th accused were his sons and apart from A1 who had migrated to nearby village of Namiso, lived in Wandegeya.
On the 8/7/2002 Fatuma wife of Magidu left their Namiso home and went to their cassava garden in Katuba. This garden was next to that and home of the deceased Kirewere. Fatuma is said to have borrowed a hoe and knife and a sack from