Geoffrey Kazinda could easily collapse and die in court if he is forced
to stand trial in his state of health, the Prisons Doctor Alex Kakoraki
told the Anti-corruption Court Tuesday.
Kazinda at Mulago Hospital for examination. Photo by Maria Wamala
He said that the interdicted Office of the Prime Minister’s Principal
Accountant is too ill to stand trial and has been referred to Mulago
Hospital for further examination and treatment.
“Based on our assessment, I don’t think he can stand trial at this point
in time. My Lord, I don’t want him to collapse before you…,” Dr.
Kakoraki told Justice David Wangutusi at the Anti-Corruption Court.
He added that he cannot say how long this state will take but that the
drugs that Kazinda is taking will begin to show results in three weeks.
Kazinda is at the heart of the over sh40bn fraud in the Prime Minister’s
Office over which donors withheld aid from Uganda and the Government
arrested him and several of his colleagues from his office, Ministry of
Finance and the Central Bank.
Several other officials of the prime Minister’s Office have been quizzed over the said corruption scandal.
Wangutusi summoned the doctor on Monday to Court yesterday to explain
the letter he had sent from Prison saying Kazinda could not appear for
the commencement of his trial due to ill health.
Dr. Kakoraki said that he found that Kazinda had abnormal sleeping
habits coupled with incoherent speech. “Attempts to wake him up have not
yielded any fruit. If he tries to stand he staggers as if he would
fall,” Dr. Kakoraki said.
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