Dar es Salaam, Feb. 19 -- BUKOBA: THE preliminary hearing of Case No 17740/2024, in which nine suspects are charged with the murder of a child with albinism, Asiimwe Novarth, aged two and a half years, began on Monday before Bukoba High Court Judge Gabriel Paschal Malata.

In the last mention of the case on October 25, last year, Defence Counsel Projestus Mulokozi raised an objection to the preliminary hearing, arguing that the first accused Fr Elpidius Rwegoshora (49) was incapable of properly following the proceedings.

“The first accused (Rwegoshora) is incapable of properly following the proceedings. We request that he be sent for a medical examination at Isanga Mental Health Institution,” Mulokozi requested.

The prosecut...