Army court acquits three Boda Boda 2010 members

Three

members of the Boda Boda 2010 group have been acquitted of any charges by the

General Court Martial in Makindye.

On Monday,

the army court chaired by Lt.Gen. Andrew Gutti acquitted Jonathan Kayondo,

Hasaan Ssengooba and Sunday after finding out that evidence brought by the

state prosecutors against the duo were not incriminating them on any of the

alleged offences.

“This court

finds that these three people have no case to answer and acquits them of the

charges unless arrested on other charges,”Lt.Gen.Gutti said in his ruling.

Thirteen

people, all members of the notorious Boda boda 2010 group   were

being accused of unlawful possession of two pistols, an SMG rifle, ammunitions

and military stores including uniforms and caps.

However, the

court ruled that the evidence adduced in court did not in any way show that the

duo had a connection to the mentioned military equipment.

Lt.Gen.Gutti

in his ruling said that the three people were arrested while they tried to

obstruct an operation by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence in which

their colleagues in the Boda boda 2010 were arrested.

The court

therefore ruled that there were not related to the guns recovered from Kitatta’s

vehicle neither the military equipment recovered from Boda boda 2010’s office

in Wakaliga  following a raid by CMI.

“You have no

case to answer and subsequently this court acquits you of any charges.”

The court

however put Boda Boda 2010 patron Abdalla Kitatta and nine of the group members

to their defence after evidence brought against them by the prosecution

incriminated them to the charges.

The group is

accused of a number of offences related to unlawful possession of military

hardware and unlawful possession of a gun, pistol and ammunition.

They are accused of unlawful

possession of 30 and 20 rounds of ammunition for SMG rifles and pistol

respectively which are government stores contrary to section 161 of the UPDF

Act.

The army also accuses the group

of unlawful possession of military equipment including headgear and uniforms

which are a monopoly of the defence forces.