Kolode Nzabonimba, 50, a Rwandan national is scheduled to appear in a Ugandan court today over charges of aggravated Sodomy. The 12 victims are boys aged between 3-9 years.
The Grade I court in Masindi District presided over by Magistrate Selsa Biwaga, on October 15, remanded Nzabonimba to prison.
The Magistrate said the court does not have the jurisdiction to handle the case, “It is only the Chief Magistrate court that handles such cases,” Selsa said.
Ugandan Police at Kimengo apprehended Kolode a resident of Mbeya village in Kimengo Sub-county where he was working as a casual labourer at a farm near the victims homes.
Nzabonimba is alleged to have seduced the little boys with petty gifts and money as a trap to pounce on them according to Annette Karamagi a Probation and Welfare officer in the district.
According to Uganda’s anti homosexuality act, Nzabonimba if found guilty may be charged with Aggravated Homosexuality which attracts death sentence.
Aggravated Homosexuality is when the offender sodomises a child which in this case are Nzabonimba’s victims.
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) has soiled Kampala’s relations with much of the western countries which are major donors to the Eastern Africa country.
“The Court has left LGBTQI+ persons vulnerable to hate-fueled violence, discrimination, persecution, life imprisonment, or even the death penalty – simply for existing as they are,” said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
Open For Business, a coalition of global companies organized as a charity with the objective of promoting LGBT+ inclusion released a report claiming the AHA has cost Uganda a monstrous U$1.6 billion since President Yoweri Museveni signed it in May 2023.
It is currently under appeal at the country’s Supreme Court.
