EDITOR
Magistrate’s Court in Ntungamo on Wednesday charged a school head teacher in Ntungamo District with assault occasioning actual bodily harm against a Church of Uganda Reverend following a fight between the two over water diverted to the former’s gardens during road works.
Court, presided over by Principal Grade I Magistrate Ms Christine Turibamwe, heard that the incident happened at Nyakibigi Village in Ntungamo Sub County on February 15, 2026.
Prosecution, led by the Ntungamo Senior Resident State Attorney Mr Laudel Twinomugisha, alleged that Mr Moses Turinawe, the head teacher of Kataraka Primary School and Secretary General of the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) Ntungamo branch, assaulted Rev Emmanuel Tumwesigye.
Mr Turinawe, however, denied the charges against him and was released on court bail. He will reappear in court on March 18 for mention of the case. The prosecution told court that inquiries into the case were still ongoing.
Rev Tumwesigye was allegedly assaulted by Mr Turinawe and six other members of the LC1 executive committee after he responded to calls to resolve a disagreement over water channeled through the shared boundary of land owned by the two.
Court last month also charged Mr Rogers Tayebwa, an agriculture officer in the Ntungamo District Local Government, with the murder of his wife, Ms Racheal Akampurira. Several other top civil servants have recently been charged with violent crimes.
