High court deputy registrar Joy Kabagye is expected to rule on whether to grant an interim injunction seeking to stop Media houses from writing or publishing any story in relation to the ongoing investigations into the murder of the former police Spokesperson AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi.
This is after the high court in Kampala summoned four Media houses and their editors to file their defense in a civil suit in which they are being accused of unlawfully obtaining confidential information in relation to the death of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi there by compromising national security.
The Summons comes after the Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura dragged the Media houses and their respective editors to the civil division of the high court accusing them of compromising National security by acquiring confidential information concerning the murder investigations of the late Uganda police spokesperson AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi and National security without being cleared by government.
The sued Media houses include Red Pepper, The Investigator and it's editor Stanley Ndawula , The Ugandan with its editor Dickson Kagurusi and Chimp Reports with its editor Giles Muhame.
Through the Attorney General, the IGP says the documents that were published by the respective media houses contained details of internal matters of the investigations, National importance and security, documents and decisions/recommendations made in the day to day running of the investigation and security matters in the country.
Kayihura is now seeking court to issue an injunction refraining the media houses from publishing any articles relating to the ongoing investigations into the murder of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi.
He also wants court to declare that the publications and intended publications of the defendants are injurious to the ongoing investigations, national security and prejudicial to the workings of Security Agencies of Uganda.
General Kayihura further wants court to issue a permanent injunction refraining all media companies and houses from publishing and using confidential information of government or any other part.
The defendants have been given 14 days to file their defense.
On the 17th of march 2017 at around 9:am in the morning at Kulambiro in Nakawa division AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi was gunned down by unknown men riding on two motorcycle alongside his body guard Kenneth Erau and Driver, Godfrey Mambewo a few kilometres from his home