Jamilu Mukulu terrorism trial resumes today
Mukulu and the group are implicated in the murder of seven people, including Sheikh Abdukadir Muwaya and Sheik Yunus Abubaker Madangu. Muwaya was murdered on December 25, 2014, at Kavule LC1 in Mayuge district.
Mukulu is also battling charges of murder alongside 37 people, including Ali Kabambwe aka Munakenya.
KAMPALA - The hearing of a case in which former Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel commander Jamilu Mukulu is accused of terrorism resumes today, February 9, 2026, at the International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala.
Mukulu is also battling charges of murder alongside 37 people, including Ali Kabambwe aka Munakenya.
The court is being presided over by High Court justices Michael Elubu, Dr Andrew Bashaija, Susan Okalany and Stephen Mubiru.
Mukulu and the group are implicated in the murder of seven people, including Sheikh Abdukadir Muwaya and Sheik Yunus Abubaker Madangu. Muwaya was murdered on December 25, 2014, at Kavule LC1 in Mayuge district.
Others killed were LC3 chairperson Tito Kwa, Julius Owori, police constable Muzamir Babale, special police constable Karim Tenywa and John Stephen Owori.
According to the prosecution, the accused committed the offence between 2002 and 2015 in various districts, including Kampala, for purposes of influencing the government or intimidating the public for political, religious, social or economic aims, and indiscriminately without due regard to the safety of others or property.
The prosecution intends to rely on several exhibits, including explosives, guns, ammunition, literature related to activities of ADF, car number plates and confession statements of some suspects during the trial.