Court acquits "Daily Monitor" editors
KAMPALA, UGANDA: A court in Kampala has thrown out a case of forgery against the Daily Monitor managing editor Daniel Kalinaki and political editor Henry Ochieng on grounds that the prosecution failed to adduce sufficient evidence to sustain the charge.
"Clearly the accused were charged in court for publishing misquotations, and from the foregoing, I therefore uphold the submission of no case to answer and I dismiss the charge of forgery and acquit Accused 1 (Daniel Kalinaki)," ruled Joyce Kavuma.
She contended that the prosecution had not adduced satisfactory evidence to prove that Henry Ochieng had a case to answer. "I dismiss the case against Accused 2 (Henry Ochieng) and I acquit him . . . he cannot be said to have forged Monitor newspapers... since he had authority to publish the newspaper..." Kavuma ruled, adding that the court should refund Kalinaki and Ocheing's bail fees.
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