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Who are the big-ticket lawyers defending defence contractor, Molly Katanga and who must they beat to set her free?

Top, Left-Right: The state's legal team, Ms. Samalie Wakoli, the Assistant DPP; Jonathan Muwaganya, Chief State Attorney and Ms. Ann Kiiza, assisted by Mwesigwa Rukutana, the Managing Partner, Mwesigwa Rukutana & Co. Advocates and Kanduho Frank, Managing Partner, Kanduho Frank & Co. Advocates. Bottom, Left-Right: Molly Katanga's defence team, Peter Kabatsi, Senior Partner, Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA), as well as KAA Partners, Jet Tumwebaze, Elison Karuhanga and Bruce Musinguzi, are assisted by McDusman Kabega of Tumusiime, Kabega & Co. Advocates.

The case pits the state against powerful businesswoman and defence contractor, Molly Katanga and her co-accused ⏤ Kakwenza Patricia, Nkwanzi Martha Katanga, Otai Charles and Amanyire George.  The state accuses Molly Katanga of brutally murdering her husband- also a powerful businessman, the late Henry Katanga. To defend her, the businesswoman has lined up not just two of Kampala’s top 10 law firms⏤ Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA) and Tumusiime, Kabega & Co. Advocates, but they have also gone for the crème de la crème defence lawyers in there. For example, the lead defence team at KAA is composed of Peter Kabatsi,…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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