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Mother (names withheld) is set to testify against her son, one Adams Kasujja 40, on charges of homosexuality. Kasujja is wanted by police after defaulting his bail conditions. It is alleged that the suspect, committed sodomy ofences contrary to the subsisting laws of the country.
Kasujja’s mother is also accusing him of bringing her family’s name into disrepute. According to her testimony, Kasujja’s immoral behavior started way back when he was in secondary school. “He joined bad groups that lured him into homosexuality. He was even suspended from two schools but he never relented,” narrated the teary mother.
“I went ahead to find for him a beautiful girl thinking marriage would rehabilitate him but I was wrong,” she says adding that; “Adams would leave his wife at home and spend days away with homosexuals.” She hopes if her son is arrested and convicted, perhaps prison will help to rehabilitate him.
The Offence
Kasujja, a mechanical engineer disappeared after being charged with carnal knowledge with a person against nature. The case; KLA-00-CR-CO-0022-2021 is before Buganda road chief magistrate’s court. It is alleged that Kasujja engaged in homosexuality acts with Paul Kakooza, contrary to section 145 of the penal code act. Kakooza was 36 years when he died.
Kasujja was first arrested on September 30, 2021 after Frank Kasumba, the deceased’s brother filed a case at Nansana police station, accusing him of causing his brother’s death.
Kasumba claims to have found videos, chats and naked pictures of the pair in the deceased’s phone. With that, he confirmed that Kasujja and Kakooza were in a sexual relationship that might have caused his brother’s sickness and death.
“My brother was diagnosed with stage four anal cancer which we believe resulted from his involvement in homosexuality,” he says adding; “Paul had abandoned those immoral acts and embraced a straight life but Adams kept luring him to Rock Catarina bar where we heard that gay groups gathered to binge on sex. That was why that bar was closed.”
Kasumba believes that Kasujja escalated his brother’s obsession with homosexuality. He also battled high blood pressure and died from Kisigula Medical Center.
Upon his arrest, Kasujja was produced at Buganda road court from where Justice Moses Nabende remanded him to Luzira prison untill December 14 when he was released on bail. He appeared before the magistrate a month later and hearing was postponed giving the prosecution side time to gather more implicating evidence.
Kasujja’s case was later scheduled for November 24, 2022, a day when the magistrate was absent. It was adjourned to March 23, 2023 but Kasujja did not appear in court. He kept jumping bail, prompting the magistrate to issue an arrest warrant which remains standing to date.
Uganda police force under the criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters at Kibuli launched a hunt for Kasujja vide file number; SD REF; 107/07/06/2023. Police has intensified his search saying, an additional charge has been slapped against him to include, supporting and promoting homosexuality and jumping bail.
Meanwhile, the disgruntled Kasumba blames Kasujja’s disappearance on Buganda road court, saying, bail was granted without substantive sureties who would compel Kasujja to return to court.
“I suspected that man would disappear, reason I pleaded with the magistrate to keep him in prison but my plea fell on deaf ears,” he says, adding; “Such immoral people should be punished heavily because they lure young people into homosexuality and ruin their lives.”
Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda. This was after President Yoweri Museveni signed into law the Anti-Homosexuality Act in May 2023. It imposes death penalty, life imprisonment or up to 20 years in prison for recruitment, promotion and funding of same-sex activities. Anyone convicted of attempted aggravated homosexuality faces a 14-year sentence.
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