Ajionzi Manase v Uganda [2002] UGSC 2 (9 January 2002)

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)}}{\*\pnseclvl9\pnlcrm\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang {\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}\pard\plain \s23\qc \li0\ri0\sb67\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7932269 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 REPUBLIC OF UGANDA \par }\pard\plain \s25\qc \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7932269 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s25\qc \li0\ri0\sb72\sl-326\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7932269 {\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF UGANDA}{\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid7932269 \par }{\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 AT MENGO \par }\pard\plain \s18\qj \fi-1464\li2755\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin2755\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s18\qc 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C) \par }\pard\plain \s23\qj \li3091\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin3091\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s23\qc \li0\ri0\sb62\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7932269 {\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 32 OF 2000 \par }\pard\plain \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sb77\sl-274\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs37\b\i\fs22\expnd14\expndtw70\cf1\insrsid15805454\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sb77\sl-274\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7932269 {\cs37\b\i\fs22\expnd14\expndtw70\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 BETWEEN \par }\pard\plain \s17\qj \li0\ri0\sl-274\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs36\b\fs22\cf1\insrsid15805454\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s17\qc \li0\ri0\sl-274\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 {\cs36\b\fs22\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 AJIONZI MANASE::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: APPELLANT \par }\pard\plain \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl-274\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs37\b\i\fs22\expnd14\expndtw70\cf1\insrsid15805454\charrsid15805454 \par }{\cs37\b\i\fs22\expnd14\expndtw70\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 VERSUS \par }\pard\plain \s17\qc \li0\ri0\sl-274\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs36\b\fs22\cf1\insrsid15805454\charrsid15805454 \par }{\cs36\b\fs22\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 UGANDA::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: RESPONDENT \par }\pard\plain \s29\qc \fi677\li739\ri0\sb274\sl-274\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin739\itap0\pararsid7932269 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs37\b\i\fs22\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 (Appeal from the decision of the Court of }{\cs37\b\i\fs22\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 Appeal}{\cs37\b\i\fs22\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs37\b\i\fs22\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 at}{\cs37\b\i\fs22\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Kampala (Okello, Mpagi-Bahigeine and Engwau JJA) dated}{\cs48\b\i\fs28\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 4}{\cs48\b\i\fs28\cf1\super\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 th}{\cs48\b\i\fs28\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 }{ \cs37\b\i\fs22\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 August, 2000 in Court of Appeal Criminal Appeal No.121 of 1999) \par }\pard\plain \s17\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par \par }\pard \s17\qj \li0\ri0\sb134\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs36\b\fs22\ul\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT: \par }\pard\plain \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb38\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 This appeal is against the decision of the Court of Appeal which rejected the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 appellant's appeal against his conviction by Katutsi of murder on 3.11.1999.}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 According to the prosecution evidence adduced during the trial, on 6.4.1997,}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 appellant, Ajionzi Mananse, who was a Police Sgt. and driver attached to}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Police}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Anti Robbery Squad, based at Katwe Police Station, was instructed}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 by police to}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 drive the deceased D. C. Mwebaze, P. C. Topaco and D/Cpl}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Okullo Bwangamoi,}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 hereinafter called the group, to Sun-Rise Bar along}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Kampala/Entebbe road to check on a suspected stolen car. The operation}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 was directed by the police control room at the Central Police Station (CPS),Kampala. The appellant had a gun plus 30 rounds of ammunition. So had}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Topaco and the deceased. The group met the person who complained about}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the suspected stolen vehicle which was parked at the bar. We shall}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 hereinafter refer to the car as the stolen vehicle. The complainant joined the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid15805454\charrsid15805454 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 group. After introduction, and as the group watched the stolen vehicle, some}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 people (two men, a woman and a child) entered it. When the vehicle started}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 moving, the group alerted the control room who instructed the group to trail}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 it while sending information to the control room. Police in the control room}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 advised that a }{\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 999 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 vehicle would intercept the stolen vehicle and the group}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 should not shoot. The group trailed the vehicle in a car bearing civilian}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 numbers. The accused drove this car. As the two vehicles moved on, the}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 stolen vehicle took Katwe Police Station direction while the }{\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 999 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 vehicle }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 took Makindye road direction. The group's vehicle slowed down due to}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 traffic jam. The deceased who was the commander of the group, directed}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the appellant driver to overtake other vehicles in the jam in order to catch up}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 with the stolen vehicle. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb77\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 At Najjanankumbi, the stolen vehicle turned into a side murrain road. The}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 group's vehicle followed it and at some point the groups' vehicle overtook}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the stolen car. Cpl. Okulu Obwangamoi who was now armed with Topaco's}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 gun jumped out of the car and sped towards the stolen car, stopped it and}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 demanded for the vehicle's ignition keys. Then Obwangamoi heard rapid}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 gun shots from his left side and when he looked there, he saw the appellant}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 and asked him about what happened. The appellant who was still armed}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 with his gun did not reply. Meanwhile Cpl. Okulu Obwangamoi heard}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 someone cry out from the stolen vehicle that he had been shot. The driver inthe stolen vehicle appealed for mercy. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb96\sl-470\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Obwangamoi and the appellant returned to Katwe Police Station. The}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 deceased who had been left behind was at 8.30 p.m. taken to Katwe Police}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Station by a minibus. According to D. C Betungura (PW6), the deceased \par }\pard\plain \s28\qj \li0\ri0\sb67\sl-480\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs46\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 "was talking in a confused way saying he had been shot by a fellow Police}{\cs46\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs39\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Officer}{\cs39\i\fs26\expnd2\expndtw10\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 }{ \cs46\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 with whom he was on duty. " \par }\pard\plain \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb82\sl-480\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 The deceased later died from gun wounds. The appellant was charged with}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the murder of the deceased. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb82\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 DIP }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Henry Mbabazi (PW4) gave evidence to the effect that he had given to}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 each of the three policemen a gun with 30 rounds of ammunition. When he}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 received back the three guns after the incident and verified on the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 ammunition, it wa s the gun of the appellant which had 5 rounds of}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 ammunition fewer. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb86\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 In his sworn evidence, the appellant admitted being in the group which}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 trailed the stolen car in the company of Topaco, the deceased and}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Obwangamoi. He claimed that they were instructed to look for car }{\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 No. UDD244, }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 which had been highjacked by gunmen. According to him, the group}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 chased the suspected vehicle and found it abandoned at Najjanankumbi}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 where the deceased, Topaco and Obwangamoi followed the stolen vehicle}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 on foot. The appellant claimed he was ordered by patrol commander to}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 remain in the groups' vehicle and he did so. According to him, he had been}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 given orders by the patrol command vehicle to shoot if he heard bullet shots.}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Later he heard gun shots from the direction taken by Topaco, the deceased}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 and Obwangamoi. Upon hearing the gun shots, he got out of his vehicle andreplied by shooting in the air. Thereafter a }{\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 999 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 vehicle appeared at the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 scene. He and the }{\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 999 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 vehicle drove in direction taken by his group and}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 found the stolen vehicle 250 metres away. He was ordered to drive his}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 civilian vehicle back to base. He gave a lift to Topaco to CPS parking yard. \par \sect }\sectd \marglsxn1620\margrsxn1606\sbknone\linex0\colsx60\sectdefaultcl\sftnbj \pard\plain \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb67\sl-480\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 { \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid15805454\charrsid15805454 \par }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Thereafter he was taken to the office of the controller of anti robbery squad}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 where he and Topaco each made a st atement about what happened before he}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 was driven to Kiira Road Police Station and subsequently back to CPS. He}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 appeared in Court on 11.4.1997. He admitted that he, Topaco and the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 deceased each had a gun and that he had shot in the air to provide cover. In}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 effect the appellant did not admit killing the deceased. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb96\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Upon the above evidence, the two assessors believed the prosecution caset}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 hat it was the appellant who shot and killed the deceased and advised}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Katutsi, J, to convict the appellant. The learned judg e also believed the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 prosecution evidence that it was the appellant who shot and killed the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 deceased. He disbelieved the appellant whom he convicted of the murder of}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the deceased and sentenced him to death. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb86\sl-470\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 His appeal to the Court of Appeal which was based on three grounds was}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 dismissed. The appellant has now come to this court on the basis of four}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 grounds of appeal. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb86\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Mr. Jogo Tabu, Counsel for the appellant, argued grounds one and two}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 separately. He then argued grounds three and four together. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb82\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 The complaint in the first ground is that the Court of Appeal erred in law in}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 holding that the dying declaration of the deceased was complete. This}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 complaint had been raised as the first ground of appeal in the Court of}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Appeal where the ground failed. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb10\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid15805454\charrsid15805454 \par }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 In arguing this ground, Mr. Jogo Tabu contended that the Court of Appeal}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 erred when it held that the utterance by the deceased to PW6 (D. C. Betungura), was a complete dying declaration since the deceased must have}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 been in a confused state of mind and did not name his assailant. Counsel}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 relied on a number of decisions including }{\cs36\b\fs22\ul\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 C. WAUGH vs R}{\cs36\b\fs22\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 (1950) AC 203and }{\cs36\b\fs22\ul\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 C DAK1 S/O DAKI vs R}{ \cs36\b\fs22\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 (1959) EA 931. Mr. Elem-Ogwal, Principal}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 State Attorney, for the respondent, supported the decisions of the courts}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 below contending that the dying declaration was complete. He surmised that}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 it appeared that both the deceased and the appellant did not know each}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 other's names but argued that the dying declaration was complete. He}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 distinguished }{\cs40\fs26\ul\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Waugh's}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 case from the present one because in the former}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 case, the deceased went into a coma before he completed his declaration and }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 that in the present case the evidence of Obwangamoi (PW2) to the effect that}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the appellant kept quiet when he was asked about what happened after the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 shooting, corroborates the dying declaration of the deceased. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb72\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 In the proceedings before us, it is common ground that Obwangamoi (PW2),the deceased and the appellant were at or near the scene of crime at the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 material time. The appellant admits tiring his gun albeit in the air. Neither}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Obwangamoi nor Topaco who were armed and were with the deceased fired}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 their guns. It was only the appellant who fired his gun. The appellant was}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the only fellow police officer of the deceased on duty at the time who had}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 shot his gun. There was no evidence of shooting by any other officer. On}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the facts of this case, we think that the trial judge and the Court of Appeal}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 acted properly when they treated the utterance of the deceased to D/C}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Betungura as a complete dying declaration. We agree with Elem-Ogwal that}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12543820 }{\cs40\fs26\ul\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Waugh's}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 case is distinguishable from the case before us. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb72\sl-480\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 In }{\cs36\b\fs22\ul\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 CHARLES DAKI S/O DAKI}{ \cs36\b\fs22\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 (supra) the Court of Appeal rejected the }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 dying declaration}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 because the statements of the deceased }{\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 were }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 ambiguous, possibly}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 colored}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 by the fact that because the deceased had earlier seen the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 appellant with a gun, the deceased must have concluded that it was the same}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 appellant who shot him. Moreover, there was evidence of an alleged }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 grudge between}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the deceased and the appellant and that might have affected }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the deceased}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 in thinking that he was shot by the }{\cs46\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 "enemy" }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 appellant. Besides }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 in that}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 appeal the trial judge had failed to caution himself and the assessors }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 on relying}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 on dying declaration which had not been subjected to cross-examination. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb82\sl-480\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 In }{\cs36\b\fs22\ul\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 TINDIGWIHURA MBAHE vs UGANDA}{ \cs36\b\fs22\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 (Sup. Ct. Cr. Appeal 9 of 1987)which was also relied upon by Mr. Jogo Tabu, this court held that the }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 trial judge}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 acted properly in accepting the dying declaration of the deceased. }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 The Court}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 held that this was particularly so as the dying declaration }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 was corroborated}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 by another witness and the trial judge cautioned himself as }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 well as}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the assessors. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb82\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 In the present appeal, it is clear that both the trial judge and the Court }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 of Appeal}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 directed themselves on the law relating to dying declarations }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 and cautioned}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 themselves on the question of the absence of cross-examination }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 of the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 deceased on this particular declaration. The trial judge }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 found corroboration}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 in the evidence of Corporal Obwangamoi (PW2). The }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 Court of}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Appeal agreed with the trial judge on the question of corroboration. }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 We find}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 no reason to disagree with the conclusions of the two courts. }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 Ground one}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 must therefore fail. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb96\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 The complaint in the second ground which is related to the first ground }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 is that}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that there was }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 sufficient circumstantial}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 evidence to corroborate the dying declaration of the deceased. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb67\sl-480\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Mr. Jogo Tabu referred to the four pieces of circumstantial evidence }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 upon which}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the trial judge and the Court of Appeal relied as }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 corroborative evidence}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 and contended that these were not corroborative. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb82\sl-470\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 In its judgment, the Court of Appeal dealt with the matter in the }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 following way}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 - \par }\pard\plain \s24\qj \li1411\ri0\sb125\sl-326\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1411\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 "The trial judge found corroboration to the dying }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 declaration in}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the circumstantial evidence surrounding the shooting. }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 The pieces}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 of circumstantial evidence were: \par }\pard\plain \s30\qj \fi-715\li2155\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin2155\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s30\qj \fi-715\li2155\ri0\sb72\sl-317\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin2155\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 (1). that immediately he heard the rapid gunshots from }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 his left}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 -hand side, D/Cpl. Okullu Bwongamoi turned }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 and saw}{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the appellant. He asked the appellant }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 what happened}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 but the latter kept quiet. \par }\pard \s30\qj \fi-715\li2131\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin2131\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s30\qj \fi-715\li2131\ri0\sb72\sl-317\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin2131\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 (2). that there was no exchange of gunshots between }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the occupants}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 of the suspected stolen vehicle and }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the pursuing}{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 police because the occupants of the }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 suspected stolen}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 vehicle were not armed and the police }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 were accordingly}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 instructed not to shoot at them. \par }\pard \s30\qj \fi-715\li2160\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin2160\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s30\qj \fi-715\li2160\ri0\sb72\sl-317\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin2160\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 (3) only the appellant's gun (SMG) had less }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 ammunition than}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 had been issued. There were other two }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 officers who}{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 were also armed with guns. \par }\pard \s30\qj \fi-710\li2150\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin2150\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s30\qj \fi-710\li2150\ri0\sb82\sl-317\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin2150\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs47\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 (4). }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 his explanation for the missing bullets that he }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 fired shots}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 in the air in response to the shot he heard }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 from the}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 direction of the suspected stolen car was rejected }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 by the}{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 trial judge. \par }\pard\plain \s24\qj \li1397\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1397\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s24\qj \li1397\ri0\sb77\sl-317\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1397\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 We think that the above pieces of circumstantial }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 evidence sufficiently}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 corroborated the dying declaration as }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 they irresistibly}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 pointed to the appellant's guilt. The }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 spent cartridges}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 and a live bullet collected by DIP }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 Bernard}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 Muhumuza}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 (PW3) from the scene could have reinforced }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the prosecution}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 case. However, their chain of movement }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 was broken}{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 as DIP Muhumuza did not mark them when }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 he handed}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 them to the counter officer at Katwe Police }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 Station.}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 We}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 agree with Mr. Tabu that no reliance whatsoever } {\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 could therefore}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 be placed on them. \par }\pard \s24\qj \li1406\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1406\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s24\qj \li1406\ri0\sb77\sl-317\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1406\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Despite the absence of those exhibits in the evidence, we }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 still think}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 that the prosecution case was not adversely dented. }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 The appellant}{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 himself admitted that he fired his gun. The }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 crucial issue}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 to be determined was whether to believe the }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 appellant\rquote s or}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Cpl. Bwongamoi's version. Appellant told court that }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 he fired}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 his gun in the air a distance from the suspected }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 stolen vehicle}{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 in response to the gunshot he heard in that direction.}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 D/Cpl. Bwongamoi on the other hand stated that when }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 he heard}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 the rapid gunshots at the scene coming from his left-hand side, he turned and saw the appellant. When he }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 asked him}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 what happened, the appellant kept quiet. \par }\pard \s24\qj \li1454\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1454\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s24\qj \li1454\ri0\sb82\sl-317\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1454\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 The determination of that issue depended on credibility of }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the two}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 witnesses, as they were the appellant's words }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 agains}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 t }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 D}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 /Cpl. Bwongamoi's. The trial judge believed D/Cpl.}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Bwongamoi's version. \par }\pard \s24\qj \li1402\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1402\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s24\qj \li1402\ri0\sb82\sl-317\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1402\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 As was stated in }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\ul\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 PANDYA vs R}{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 (1957) EA 336 - 338 on }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 such question}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 , which turns on manner and demeanour, the }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 Court of}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Appeal always is and must be guided by the impression}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 made on the judge who saw the witnesses. We agree with }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 that}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 principle}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 and therefore cannot interfere with the trial }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 judge's}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 finding}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 as there is no circumstance to justify our }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 differing}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 from}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 him. In our view, the above disposes off all the }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 grounds.}{ \cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 The}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 trial judge rightly convicted the appellant as there }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 was }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 overwhelming}{\cs42\b\i\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 evidence to support his decision." \par }\pard\plain \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb178\sl-480\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 We think that the circumstan tial evidence listed as items 2 and 3 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 are}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 evidence}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 of consistency rather than corroborative evidence. In our }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 opinion,}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 pieces of evidence listed as item 1 and 4 provide corroboration to }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 dying}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 declaration. Subject to these observations, we agree with }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 conclusions}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 of the Court of Appeal. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb67\sl-480\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 The third and fourth grounds were argued together. }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 In the third ground the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 complaint is that the first appellate court erred in law in merely giving a}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 formal approval of the trial judge's finding on the evidence of PW2, Okullu}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 Obwangamoi, without considering and weighing the evidence as a whole.}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 The complaint in the fourth ground is that the first Appellate court erred in}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 law in failing to resolve the doubts in the evidence in favour of the appellant.}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb96\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 The complaints really are that the first appellate court should have re-evaluated the evidence and arrived at its own conclusions. }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 Mr. Jogo Tabu}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 contended that the prosecution should have adduced the evidence of the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 officer who gave orders that there should be no shooting by the group in which the appellant was. }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Learned Counsel also contended that }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 Cpl.}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 Obwangamoi}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 must have been mistaken in the identification of the appellant. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb96\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 With regard to the last point we say that on the evidence available, we are}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 not persuaded that Cpl. Obwangamoi who had accompanied the appellant}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 from Katwe Police Station, rode in the same car driven by the appellant}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 could have been mistaken about the appellant before the shooting as the}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 person who fired the shots at the deceased and the people in the stolen car.}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 There is no evidence to prove that any other person than the appellant shot at}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the deceased, fatally wounding him.}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb86\sl-480\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 On the first question of doubts in the prosecution evidence }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 favoring}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 appellant}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 , we are unable to see any. Admittedly, there were deficiencies }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 in}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 investigations and prosecution of the case but these deficiencies have }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 not}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 in}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 our opinion raised reasonable doubts in favour of, and fatal to }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 the}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 conviction}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 of, the appellant. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb67\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Accordingly grounds 3 and 4 must also fail. \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sb110\sl-480\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 For the foregoing reasons we think that this appeal has no merit and it }{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 is}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 dismissed}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 . \par }\pard \s22\qj \li211\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin211\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par }\pard \s22\qj \li211\ri0\sb226\widctlpar\tx4766\faauto\rin0\lin211\itap0\pararsid2313983 {\cs41\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Delivered}{\cs41\b\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 at } {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 M}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983 e}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid2313983\charrsid15805454 ngo}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 this 10}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\super\insrsid12926289\charrsid12926289 th}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289 }{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 day of January 2002 \par }\pard\plain \s32\qj \li206\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin206\itap0\pararsid2313983 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par \par \par \par \par }\pard \s32\qc \li206\ri0\sb67\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin206\itap0\pararsid10174434 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 A. H. O. Oder \par }\pard\plain \s17\qc \li0\ri0\sb38\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs50\b\fs20\ul\expnd2\expndtw10\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT \par }\pard\plain \s32\qc \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par \par \par }\pard \s32\qc \li0\ri0\sb125\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 J. W. N. Tsekooko \par }\pard\plain \s17\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs52\b\fs20\ul\expnd-4\expndtw-20\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 JUSTICE}{ \cs52\b\fs30\ul\expnd-4\expndtw-20\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 }{\cs50\b\fs20\ul\expnd2\expndtw10\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 OF THE SUPREME COURT \par }\pard\plain \s33\qc \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par \par \par }\pard \s33\qc \li0\ri0\sb149\sl-278\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 A. N. Karokora}{\cs50\b\fs20\ul\expnd2\expndtw10\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT \par }\pard\plain \s22\qc \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par \par \par }\pard \s22\qc \li0\ri0\sb235\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 {\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 J. N. Mulenga \par }\pard\plain \s17\qc \li0\ri0\sb43\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10174434 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs50\b\fs20\ul\expnd2\expndtw10\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT \par }\pard\plain \s34\qc \fi-168\li168\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin168\itap0\pararsid10174434 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs20\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 \par \par \par }\pard \s34\qc \fi-168\li168\ri0\sb139\sl-288\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin168\itap0\pararsid10174434 {\cs40\fs26\expnd-4\expndtw-20\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 G. W.}{\cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 Kanyeihamba}{ \cs40\fs26\cf1\insrsid15805454 \par }{\cs50\b\fs20\ul\expnd2\expndtw10\cf1\insrsid12926289\charrsid15805454 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT \par }}