Minister Mwesigwa Rukutana acquitted of all murder charges
April 30, 2021
Minister Mwesigwa Rukutana leaves court today
State minister for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana has been acquitted of all charges stemming from a shooting incident in the just concluded campaigns. Rukutana was facing seven counts of attempted murder, threatening violence and malicious damage to property.
Rukutana was arrested with three of his bodyguards from his home in Kagugu in Rushenyi county, a day after the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries on September 4, 2020. He was accused of shooting Dan Rweburingi, his rivals’ agent and damaging property among others.
Pprosecution alleges that on September 5, 2020, at Kagugu village in Ntungamo district, Rukutana assaulted Julius Niwamanya and threatened to kill or injure him together with three others.