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The High Court in Kampala has resumed trial of Kampala businesswoman Molly Katanga and four others, with the defense expected to continue poking holes into prosecution evidence in her husband Henry Katanga’s death as the seventh witness prepares to take the stand.

Ms Katanga, who has consistently maintained her innocence, is accused of shooting her husband, Henry Katanga, on November 3, 2023, at their residence on Chwa II Road in Mbuya—a charge her defense team also vehemently denies. While the prosecution has called in the witness stand two police officers, a family member, a police doctor, and a lawyer to testify, painting Katanga as a family man devoted to his children and friends, the defense remains resolute in its position that the accusations against the 56-year-old widow lack credible evidence.

The defense has pointed out significant flaws in the prosecution's case, including the alleged mishandling of evidence.

The prosecution says that the couple's two daughters, Patricia Kakwanzi and Martha Nkwanzi, helped their mother clean up evidence. However, the defense argues that these accusations are speculative and not substantiated by reliable proof.

Kakwanzi, Nkwanzi, the family's shamba boy George Amanyire and a nursing officer Charles Otai, are all facing charges of being accessories to the offence.

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