Priest held further in connection with tax collector’s murder after prosecution fails

Pastor Dominic Alinga, accused of murdering a Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) employee, has been sent back to jail after the state prosecutor in the murder case against John Bosco Ngorok failed to appear at the Entebbe Magistrates Court to give an update on the case. Progress in police investigations.

The First Grade Senior Judge of the court, Mr Edgar Tibayeita Tusiime, remanded Pastor Alinga to Kigo Prison until November 18 for further consideration of the case.
The judge said that the prosecutor must inform the court about the progress of the investigations into the murder case, which allegedly occurred on August 3, 2024.

Father Alinga is also accused of attempting to murder a boda boda operator.
“The prosecutor is not available to discuss the status of the investigations. “You will return to be commemorated on November 18,” he said.
The prosecution states that Father Alinga stabbed Ngorok to death in a premeditated manner in Kitooro, Wakiso District, on August 3, 2024; this is contrary to sections 171 and 172 of the Criminal Code Act.

In the second attempted murder, Father Alinga is accused of unlawfully attempting to cause the death of Abigaba Mugisha, contrary to section 187, section 128, whose motorcycle he crashed while trying to take Ngorok to Entebbe district referral hospital. save his life.