The International Crimes Division of the High Court has set February 20, 2023, for the pre-trial proceeding for two jailed Members of Parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana.

Ssegirinya of Kawempe North and Ssewanyana of Makindye West constituencies will appear before court in February at 9:30 am due to the absence of trial Judge, Alice Komuhangi Khauka today.

The duo will return to court for their bail application.

Komuhangi Kaukha was appointed to hear the case in September this year of the two jailed MPs.

This followed the transfer of trial judge Elizabeth Alividza to the Land Division of the High Court.

On September 1, 2022 the case stalled due to the absence of a new trial judge.

While appearing on Zoom this morning, the Registrar Pamela Lamunu Ocaya adjourned the case which means that the two MPs will be celebrating their festive season in prison for the second time in a row.

Ssegirinya and Ssewanyana have been on remand at Kitalya government prison for 12 months on charges of murder, terrorism, and attempted murder relating to the wave of Machete murders that hit the Greater Masaka region last year, where at least 26 people were killed and several others injured by the assailants.

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