Uganda: Why Mumbere Was Charged in Jinja

30 November 2016

Jinja — The government yesterday looked backwards to a killing of a policeman eight months ago to find a crime to indict Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere, who was arrested after a bombing raid on his palace by the military and police last Sunday.

The initial plan, according to official accounts, was different: to arraign the Rwenzururu king in court in his Kasese hometown.

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