The interdicted Makerere University senior administrative assistant has been issued with criminal summon by Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court for failure to show up for judgment in a case where he is accused of molesting a student.
The accused person, Mr Edward Kisuze, a faculty registrar at the college of Computing and Information Science appeared before chief magistrate, charged with two counts.
He is charged with attempted rape and indecent assault of one Rachel Njoroge, a former student at the college who graduated in January 2018.
The trial magistrate, Ms Miriam Akello, was prompted to issue criminal summons for September 17, when the prosecutor informed court that Mr Kisuze was absent with no reason.
Mr Kisuze’s troubles stem from a release of a photo that was circulated on social media where he allegedly forced Njoroge into a romantic act.
Police records indicate that Njoroge painfully narrated the gruesome encounter with the registrar when she had come to pick her transcript after graduation.
She narrated that Kisuze allegedly locked her up in his office and forcibly started romancing her.
Prosecution contends that the unethical incident happened at Makerere University on April 13, 2018 when the graduate (Njoroge) showed up to certify her transcript and pick her recommendation letter.
She was referred to room 507 for help.
Later that evening she was given the transcript but as she was trying to look through, Kisuze allegedly rushed and locked the office door before molesting her.
Prosecution further contends that although in the photo the face of the registrar was hidden, the information availed by the victim was enough to pin him since he has been acting as the faculty registrar and the one who occupied the same office.
However, Mr Kisuze, in his defence in January this year, told court he is not and does not know the person whose photographs were circulating in the media showing Njoroge’s molestation incident.
He asserted that the allegations have been framed and intended to destroy his 20-year career and tarnish his name as well as to hurt his wife and children.
Mr Kisuze testified that what Njoroge is doing to him is the same thing she did to her high school teacher at St Mark Namagoma.
He added that Njoroge’s allegations that he strangled her, hit her to the cabin, slapped her and left her in pain and had bruises, are false since the medical officers told court they did not find any injury on her.