I was not attacked, Chief Justice
Hon. Justice Bart Katureebe at a recent function
KAMPALA- The\r\nspear-wielding stranger who was involved in a mini-scuffle with the Police in\r\nBugolobi on Monday (07/3/216) morning did not attack the Chief Justice.
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The suspected mad man neither attempted\r\nto open the official vehicle of Citizen number four nor did he demand to speak\r\nwith him, the Hon. Chief Justice, Hon. Justice Bart Katureebe, has clarified.
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The Chief Justice says the media reports\r\nabout the incident are exaggerated and alarmist.
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"I only saw a man running around with\r\npolicemen. He never came close to my car and I never heard him demanding to\r\nspeak to me. In fact the shooting happened after I left that scene,” said Hon. Justice\r\nKatureebe.
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"I don’t believe the man intended to\r\nattack me. I think this was a mad man who had blocked many other vehicles on\r\nthat part of the road. My convoy was just caught up in this situation. So this\r\nwas not an assassination attempt as the media has put it.”
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The Hon. Chief Justice also faulted the\r\nphotograph published on the front page of Red Pepper issue of Wednesday March 9,\r\n2016.
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"The picture is false. The car bearing\r\nthe CJ tag is not my official car. I don’t have that police patrol pick-up in\r\nmy convoy, and the man lying dead on the ground is not the man I saw. I think\r\nthe media should not exaggerate this matter,” he adds.
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The\r\nman sustained injuries as the Police restrained him. He was later rushed to\r\nMulago Hospital for treatment.
Posted 9th, March 2016
