A driver with the Uganda Parliament is at the verge of losing his eye if he does not get immediate medical attention after he was attacked by robbers.
Emona Francis revealed this before high court Judge Tony Vicent Okwanga after court concluded hearing of a case in which a one Wanyama Felix aka Pingu is charged with hitting him with an iron bar and leaving his left eye damaged during a robbery.
The suspect is also said to have robbed Emona's UGX15,000 during the incident before hitting him on the head and left eyes which left him bleeding profoundly.
Wanyama is facing two counts including aggravated robbery and causing actual bodily harm using a deadly weapon, charges he denies.
Prosecutions states that on the 15th of July 2015 at 1pm in the night, in Kiwungu zone Mulago in Kampala district, Wanyama used the deadly weapon and robbed Emona Francis' UGX 15,000 and at immediately or after uses a deadly weapon to hit him causing grievance harm.
Evidence further shows that on that fateful day, Emona was coming from Entebbe airport on official duty and when he reached Kampala, he decided to drop the government vehicle at Mulago police post for packing.
Emona is said to have taken a bodaboda to his home but got off and as he was walking to his home, the suspect came behind him and hit him on the head and left eyes as he heard his wife struggles to open for him the door.
When Emona fell on the ground, the suspect searched his trouser pockets and took the only UGX 15000 that was in his pockets.
His wife later rushed him to Wandegeya clinic before he was referred for eye surgery at Mengo hospital.
Emona says he suffered a lot of injuries in his eyes and he still feels so much pain from the stitches he has so far received and that he is also partially blind .
He adds that his doctors have recommended surgery and is currently looking for UGX 15 million to pay for the surgery .