Nineteen people accused of allegedly killing four suspected boda boda robbers through a mob have today April, 19, 2024 appeared before the Chief Magistrate’s court in Mukono and were charged with murder.

The suspects, under tight security were brought to court from police custody where charges of murder were read and preferred against them for allegedly killing Denis Sanya, Moses Wafula, Junior Masiga and Abdallah Ssemujju. The four were burnt  beyond recognition.

Peace Lamunu, the trial magistrate told the nineteen that they could not take plea because their case which is capital in nature can only be tried by the High Court.

Eighteen of the nineteen were remanded to Luzira prison until May, 2, 2024, whereas a 16 year old minor was sent to Naguru remand home.

Relatives of the accused were dissatisfied with police in Mukono for arresting innocent people citing unprofessionalism where arrests were made without carrying out thorough investigations.

Expressing dissatisfaction with the police, Sowed Lwanga a relative to one of the nineteen retorted; “They(police) arrested over 40 people, many were released because they were able to raise between Shs300,000 to shs500,000 but those who could not raise the money are the ones in court” .

Kampala businessman, Mathew Kanyamunyu is finally a free man, having served three years and five months, instead of the five years and one month following remission.

Kanyamunyu’s troubles stemmed from the 2016 incident, in which he shot dead child rights activist, Kenneth Akena, after accusing him of scratching his car in Kampala. The Director of Public Prosecution would then withdraw charges against his Burundian girlfriend, Cynthia Munwangari whom he was with in the car, but sentenced Kanyamunyu with manslaughter on November 12, 2020.

Kanyamunyu’s murder charge was reduced to manslaughter by the Director of Public Prosecution after a plea bargaining session

Earlier before his sentence, Kanyamunyu alongside his girlfriend, Cynthia Munwangari went for a traditional ritual known as Mato Oput.

In this ceremony held at the Ker Kwaro Acholi (Acholi Chiefdom), Kanyamunyu reportedly admitted to killing the deceased and was asked to pay ten cows and three goats by the elders in Acholi.

Under the Ugandan law, the offence of manslaughter is punishable by the maximum penalty of life imprisonment under section 190 of the Penal Code Act.

The Dokolo woman Mp, Hon Cecilia Ogwal is dead. Born Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal, the outspoken legislator who has been in parliament since 1996, breathed her last at a hospital in India today morning, due to cancer.

Ogwal has been looked at by many as a consistent, focused and a leader with a national character, legislating for the good of the country.

Ogwal was among the delegates in the 1994 constituency Assembly that drafted the 1995 Uganda Constitution. From 1996 until 2005, she was a member of parliament for Lira Municipality but lost Hon Jimmy Akena.

After falling out with Uganda People’s Congress(UPC) party which she had served diligently, crossed to Forum for Democratic Change(FDC) in 2006 and ran for Woman Mp seat for the newly created Dokolo district, a position she held until her death.

Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal was a Ugandan politician, businesswoman and management consultant. She was born June 12, 1946 in Dokolo District.

From 1979 until 1980, Ogwal worked at the Uganda Embassy in Kenya, as the Liaison Officer for Returning Ugandan Refugees. From 1980 until 1981, she worked as the Operations Manager at the Uganda Advisory Board of Trade. In 1982, she was one of the founders of Housing Finance Bank, working there until 1984. She served as the Chairperson of Uganda Development Bank, from 1981 until 1986.

She became involved in Ugandan politics, serving as the Acting Secretary General of Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) from 1985 to 1992.