DPP Drops Charges Against Rwenzururu King

The Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions ODPP has on Tuesday dropped all charges against the Musinga of the Rwenzururu, Charles Wesley Mumbere, and 217 others. 

According to the Director of Public Prosecutions DPP, HW. Jane Frances Abodo, Mumbere has been facing charges of murder, treason and aggravated robbery.

The charges stem from Mumbere’s arrest following a raid by the army on his palace on November 27th, 2016. The king was picked up together with 203 others including royal guards and kingdom officials. They were later arraigned at the Jinja Chief Magistrates Court on 41 charges related to terrorism, aggravated robbery and murder among others and were remanded to different prisons including Nalufenya.

But Mumbere was later in January 2017, granted bail by the then High Court International Crimes Division Judge Eva Luswata and his movements restricted within Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso districts and he is also required him to report to court once every month.