Kagezi, who has been the lead prosecutor in the July 2010 terror suspects' trial, was shot dead Monday evening by unknown hitmen riding a motorcycle near her home in Najjera, a Kampala suburb.
In a meeting with legislators on the Human Rights committee on Tuesday, Otafire, in response to concerns by the committee chairperson, Joviah Kamateka about Kagezi's murder, regretted what he described as "a tragic oversight".
"I have spoken with the Director of Public Prosecutions about this and we are going to put in place mechanisms to protect prosecutors," Otafire said.
Otafire told MPs that upon his appointment as minister of justice and constitutional affairs two years ago, his idea for the state to offer protection to prosecutors handling high profile cases was knocked back by the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).Read more
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