Investigations have commenced into circumstances under which unknown goons attacked the Mengo Chief Magistrates Court in Kampala and stole an unspecified number of court documents.
The thugs reportedly broke in using the back door into the cashier's office and proceeded to break into the Small Claims Procedure office.
It has been alleged that computers at the offices were destroyed and the main system server taken. Only two police guards attached to Counter Terrorism were reportedly present at the time of the break in.
The Judiciary Spokesperson Jameson Karemani has confirmed the incident saying the court has been sealed as the police conduct investigations. He says that they are yet to establish the documents that were stolen.
Two months ago, the Judiciary received 77,472 historical files dating more than 100 years ago from the Archives of Mengo Chief Magistrates Court.
Some of those files that were to be digitalized included original documents of counties under the Buganda Kingdom, Parishes and Sub-county courts dating back to 1900 detailing the colonial period, and district courts of Mengo, ten land titles among other documents.
