City lawyer Male Mabirizi, known for his controversial nature, has expressed his determination to disregard the police summons demanding his presence at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

This summons was issued in relation to his recent bigamy case against Busoga King William Nadiope IV.

“I will not attend because the takeover of my criminal case by the Jinja resident state attorney was premature and unconstitutional which will be set aside,” said Mabirizi.

Mabirizi initiated private prosecutions against Kyabazinga, his wife Jovia Mutesi, and several individuals who attended his wedding on November 18, 2023.

Mabirizi claims that on that specific date, at Christ Cathedral Bugembe, Nadiope, Mutesi, Archbishop of Church of Uganda Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, and Buganda kingdom queen Sylvia Nagginda were all present and actively involved in officiating and witnessing a marriage ceremony, despite being fully aware that it was illegal, criminal, and null.

This, he states, is because Nadiope had reportedly earlier contracted marriage before the registrar of marriages in England with Alison Anna in December 2016 at Mildam House Bunbaby Road, Portsmouth in the UK.

He thus levied different charges including fictitious marriage, bigamy, marriage with a person previously married, unlawfully performing a marriage ceremony, and conspiracy to commit felonies against Kazimba and Nagginda.

He prayed for criminal summons to be issued against the listed individuals such that they could appear in court, charges be read to them, convicted, and sent to prison to serve their respective sentences. The director of public prosecutions (DPP) has since taken over the criminal proceedings of the case. 

“The DPP to whom the police are the investigative body, have reason to believe that you have valuable information/exhibits /documents to assist police investigations in a case of fictitious marriage, bigamy, and other charges…You are therefore required to report to Kira Central Division -Jinja Central police station to the office of the Divisional CID on Tuesday the 13th of February 2014 at 1100 hours,” reads the summon.

Mabirizi is required to report to Detective Assistant Superintendent of Police Evelyn Anyango.