Businesswoman Molly Katanga who is accused of murdering her husband Henry Katanga has applied to the High Court to grant her bail pending disposal of the charges against her.
Prosecution alleges that Molly on 2nd November 2023 at Mbuya Chwa II Road, Nakawa Division Kampala Capital City with malice aforethought murdered Henry Katanga by shooting him dead with a pistol.
Through her lawyers of Kampala Associated Advocates alongside Tumusiime and Kabega Company Advocates, Molly says its her Constitutional right to apply for bail.
Records before Court indicate that Molly was on 24th January 2024 arraigned before the Nakawa Chief Magistrate Court where she was charged with the offence of murder and committed to the High Court for trial.
Molly contends that she has substantial sureties to ensure that she returns to Court for trial.
She lists a Minister , a Uganda People’s Defence Forces General and President Museveni’s son in law as her proposed sureties to Court.
She also has a fixed place of abode at Mbuya I, Mbuya Hill Village, Nakawa Division, Kampala District within the jurisdiction of the High Court.
The widow adds that is she is of advanced age (aged 55 years) and requires specialised medical care due to her current medical condition and she has always been a law-abiding citizen and has never been charged or convicted of any criminal offence.
She is the sole breadwinner of her family and the mother of a child of tender years who is totally dependent on her.
Molly’s bail application comes a week after the High Court Judge Isaac Muwata released her two daughters Martha Nkwanzi and Patricia Kankwanzi who are accused of destroying evidence in their father’s death on a 2 million shillings cash bail.
The two daughters who had been on remand with their mother are jointly charged with a Shamba boy George Amanyire and Charles Otai a Nurse who were equally granted bail last week on charges of being an accessory after the fact of murder.
