The High court in Kampala has for the second time denied bail for Molly Katanga ; a widow who is accused of murdering her husband Henry Katanga.
55 year old Molly Katanga will now stay on remand as she awaits her trial on July, 2nd, 2024 for the shooting of her husband Katanga on November , 2nd, 2023.
Molly however has so far made two unsuccessful attempts to bail in which she contends that she needs to attend her trial while coming from home due to her grave illnesses .
However in both applications, Justice Isaac Muwata rules that the widow does not make out sufficient peculiar circumstances for the court to consider and grant her bail .
Justice Muwata has further ruled that the issue of Molly Katanga's sickness was already discussed and rejected in her earlier application of April, 9th, 2024 and now bringing it back in the second bail application without any new circumstances tantamount to court reviewing its earlier ruling .
In the second bail application , the jailed widow attached a medical report from prison where doctors examined her and concluded that she suffers from grave illness that cannot be ably handled by medical facilities in prison.
The report dated April ,15th , 2024, directed to court by Luzira Prison doctors indicates that Molly Katanga suffers from nausal sinusitis, Vertigo- a sensational motion or spinning that is often described as dizziness, breast masses and Hypertension.
The Doctors then concluded that Molly Katanga requires a follow -up with a specialist ENT surgeon and monitoring of her breast symptoms which services are absent in prisons.
Now Justice Muwata has instead dismissed the bail application on grounds that the illnesses mentioned in the report are not new and that since the first bail application, Katanga's circumstances have not changed to warrant a review of bail.
He has advised Katanga and her lawyers to prepare for trial on July , 2nd, 2024.
Molly Katanga is jointly charged with her 2 daughter; Martha Nkwanzi and Kakwanza Patricia, who are accused of tampering with valuable evidence which would have been used in court to prove their father's murder.
The two daughters together with the family's shamba boy George Amanyire and a nursing officer Charles Otai are out on bail.
