Uganda: Joan Kagezi - Hated, Admired

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Uganda was yesterday still coming to terms with the Monday night murder of Joan Kagezi, the lead prosecutor in the ongoing trial of 13 terrorism suspects in the High court.

The exact circumstances of her death are little murky, but her demise underscores a fast deterioration of security in Kampala. To her many colleagues, Kagezi, an acting assistant director of public prosecutions, was simple, humble, and sometimes aloof, but a very professional prosecutor.

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