Traditional healer who sued Kadaga for shs200M job charm withdraws case, apologises

In a twist of events, a traditional healer who recently sued the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga over failure to pay for the charms he gave to Kadaga that allegedly helped her rise to higher positions has withdrawn the case.

Damiano Akuze in his suit before the Jinja High Court said Kadaga who has several for a number of years as a Member of Parliament, deputy speaker and speaker of parliament has been riding on her charms since 1991 but accused her of failure to pay for the services rendered to her.

However, in a notice of withdrawal dated March 7, Akuze has backtracked on the matter saying he is no longer interested in pursuing it.

“I have voluntarily without any duress or coercion reconsidered my position and wholeheartedly withdraw the same against the defendant (Kadaga), “Akuze said in his notice to the Jinja High Court.

“I pray to withdraw the aforementioned matter with a prayer that no orders to costs be made.”

Apologises to Kadaga

In his suit, the traditional healer told court that speaker Kadaga made a down payment of only one million shillings following the “great job” did to her adding that she owed her a big sum.

“The plaintiff worked on the defendant (Kadaga) for two nights of September 1 and September 2, 1990, and the defendant acknowledged the good care that the plaintiff gave to her. The defendant did not have money to pay the plaintiff at the time. So the plaintiff accepted to work on her on condition that she would pay the plaintiff as soon as she got the job,” read the court documents in defence of the traditional healer’s claims.

However, in a twist of events, Akuze has written to apologize to Kadaga for tarnishing her name.

“I do wholeheartedly apologise for my unreasonable action of filing a baseless and useless cases against you,”Akuze said in a March 7 letter to Kadaga.

The traditional healer was also quick to say that he has not been influenced, neither has he been paid by anyone to withdraw the case but rather did it on his own will.

“I also regret that the said case has tarnished your good and honoured reputation that you have earned for a long period of time. I take responsibility for my unreasonable action and I really regret the same. I am really sorry mama. Please find a place in your heart to forgive me,”Akuze said.