The Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has clarified that he was not attacked as it was reported by police.
In a statement sent to newsrooms, Justice Katureebe says that the suspected mad man nether did he attempt to open his official vehicle nor did he demand to speak with him.
““I only saw a man running around with policemen. He never came close to my car and I never heard him demanding to speak to me. In fact the shooting happened after I left that scene,” said Justice Katureebe.” Reads the statement sent by Solomon Muyita, Senior Communication Officer for the judiciary. Adding “I don’t believe the man intended to attack me. I think this was a mad man who had blocked many other vehicles on that part of the road. My convoy was just caught up in this situation. So this was not an assassination attempt as the media has put it.”
Police reported earlier that they had shot a man they believed was bound to harm the Chief Justice and that he was shot and was being hospitalized in Mulago but later passed on. So where did the police get its version of the story that a man threatened to attack the Justice Katureebe and why was shot?
Below is a statement from the Judiciary
Press Release
I was not attacked, Chief Justice
KAMPALA-March 9, 2016: The spear-wielding stranger who was involved in a mini-scuffle with the Police in Bugolobi on Monday morning did not attack the Chief Justice.
The suspected mad man neither attempted to open the official vehicle of Citizen number four nor did he demand to speak with him, the Hon. Chief Justice, Bart Katureebe, has clarified.
The Chief Justice says the media reports about the incident are exaggerated and alarmist.
“I only saw a man running around with policemen. He never came close to my car and I never heard him demanding to speak to me. In fact the shooting happened after I left that scene,” said Justice Katureebe.
“I don’t believe the man intended to attack me. I think this was a mad man who had blocked many other vehicles on that part of the road. My convoy was just caught up in this situation. So this was not an assassination attempt as the media has put it.”
The Hon. Chief Justice also faulted the photograph published on the front page of Red Pepper issue of Wednesday March 9.
“The picture is false. The car bearing the CJ tag is not my official car. I don’t have that police patrol pick-up in my convoy, and the man lying dead on the ground is not the man I saw. I think the media should not exaggerate this matter,” he adds.
The man sustained injuries as the Police restrained him. He was later rushed to Mulago Hospital for treatment. ###
Media Contact:
Solomon Muyita,
Senior Communications Officer
The Uganda Judiciary Headquarters
Mobile: +256 (0)77 220 0089
