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The Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate, Siena Owomugisha, on Friday discharged and set Nsubuga free. The development came upon reconciliation between him and the complainant Nicholas Karuhanga, as provided for under the Magistrates Court Act.
This is neither an acquittal nor a conviction but a mechanism of settling some misdemeanors, which is provided for in law.
An accusation against Nsubuga said he stole a phone valued at 80,000 shillings. This phone also reportedly had mobile money totaling to 4.5 million shillings that was also withdrawn and taken.
The incident happened on June 3th 2019 at Nakasero opposite Shoprite to a one Gloria Namengo, an employee of Nicholas Karuhanga. Following this, Namengo, a resident of Kawempe Division in Kampala district reported a case of theft to the police.
She said Nsubuga had reportedly stolen the phone which he apparently hid in the newspapers before exiting the business premises.
Paul Nsubuga was arrested in 2021
As a result, a video went viral on social media platforms as they hunted for the face of the person who was featured therein until police reportedly saw Nsubuga’s campaign pictures looking like the person in the video.
Accordingly, in March of 2021, Nsubuga got arrested after the Electoral Commission had gazetted him as the Busiro North MP. Last month, Court issued a warrant of arrest against Nsubuga. This required him to come and attend trial after he had absconded on several occasions.
When the matter came up though, the prosecutors said they received information that the parties had reconciled. As a result, Nsubuga’s lawyer Juliet Nampeera had no objection to the submissions by the State.
In her ruling, Owomugisha has discharged Nsubuga and ordered him to abide by the terms and conditions of the reconciliation agreement.
According to the settlement agreement, the parties have agreed that Nsubuga pays 30 million shillings to settle the matter. This money is supposed to be paid within one month from today.
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