{"id":34833,"date":"2018-05-15T04:51:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T04:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=34833"},"modified":"2018-05-15T04:51:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T04:51:57","slug":"dpp-asks-for-more-time-to-disclose-evidence-against-jamil-mukulu-39-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/dpp-asks-for-more-time-to-disclose-evidence-against-jamil-mukulu-39-others\/","title":{"rendered":"DPP asks for more time to\u00a0disclose evidence against Jamil Mukulu &#038; 39 others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Ruth Anderah.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Director of Public Prosecutions Mike Chibita has asked the International Crimes Division court\u00a0for more 2 weeks within which to\u00a0disclose all evidence he intends to adduce against the former ADF leader Jamil Mukulu and 39 others.<\/p>\n<p>Asst. DPP John Baptist Asiimwe has informed the presiding judge Eva Luswata that the DPP received some physical and documentary\u00a0evidence from Tanzania 2 months back and thus needs more time to analyze it before he serves it to the defense lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Asiimwe also said the 2 weeks will enable them prepare and present an amended charge -sheet in court to include all the 39 suspects, make applications of witness protection measures and also get in touch with the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Jamil Mukulu and his group including a woman\u00a0are facing charges of terrorism, murder, crimes against humanity, aiding and abetting terrorism, attempted murder and aggravated robbery.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects have appeared before court\u00a0with their\u00a0cuffs\u00a0and chuckles on legs\u00a0despite concerns from\u00a0defense lawyers to have them removed.<\/p>\n<p>The judge has however explained that this has been done due to safety reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Jamilu Mukulu and the group are\u00a0linked to the famous murder of college students at Kichwamba Technical institute in 1998 , the spate of Muslim clerics&#8217; murders that swept the country between 2015 -2016 and the murder of 2 police officers at Bugiri police station in Busoga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ruth Anderah.\u00a0 The Director of Public Prosecutions Mike Chibita has asked the International Crimes Division court\u00a0for more 2 weeks within which to\u00a0disclose all evidence he intends to adduce against the former ADF leader Jamil Mukulu and 39 others. Asst. DPP John Baptist Asiimwe has informed the presiding judge Eva Luswata that the DPP received some physical and documentary\u00a0evidence from Tanzania 2 months back and thus needs more time to analyze it before he serves it to the defense lawyers. Asiimwe also said the 2 weeks will enable them prepare and present an amended charge -sheet in court to include all the 39 suspects, make applications of witness protection measures and also get in touch with the victims. 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