Investigations into illegal activities of suspected royal guards have been concluded and the casefiles hve been sent to the office of Directorate Public of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Rwenzori Region, which is based in Kasese town.
Sources have told NTV that the files will be scrutinized and the charge sheets prepared, after which the cases might come up for mention before the Kasese Chief Magistrate on Monday.
Likely charges to be preferred against the suspects include terrorism, treason and murder. It is not clear yet whether Rwenzururu King or Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere will be charged along with the royal guards.
However, it seems likely that the Rwenzururu king will be charged with new offences because police spokesman Andrew Felix Kaweesi has previously indicated that the king, who is on now remand in Nalufenya, Jinja over a murder case, may soon be slapped with additional charges of terrorism, murder and attempted murder. The accusations against the royal guards and the King stem from attacks on various police stations and gunfights with police officers and soldiers over the last two years that left atleast 16 security officers dead. The palace attack on 27th November was the culmintation of the tensions that had risen between the kingdom and security agencies as a result of the clashes.
The source told NTV that the suspects detained in different parts of the country could be tried in Kasese. But they could also be tried in the districts where they are detained like was the case with Omusinga Mumbere, who was charged at Jinja Chief Magistrates Court, unless the the DPP advises otherwise.
At least 136 people were arrested in a joint security operation by the police and the army after the attack on the Rwenzururu Palace on 27th November.
Meanwhile, Police used an excavator to comb through the palace to allay fears that more bodies could have been stuck in trenches.
But the Kasese district police commander has declined to explain why the police only realized the need to comb the palace for bodies almost two weeks after the palace attack