3PM NEWS UPDATE WITH Orange The High Court in Kampala has sentenced four men to 65 years each in jail over aggravated rape and robbery. These include Nicholas Kyamani, 26, Ibrahim Mubiru, 24, Paul Isabirye 18 and Jeremiah Kijjambu, 29, who were each sentenced to 35 years for rape and 30 years for robbery. While delivering his judgment, the trial judge, Albert Atwoki, said he had considered the evidence of both the State and defense and found them guilty of the offences. However, the defense lawyer Yunusu Kasirivu prayed for a lighter sentence saying the convicts are first time offenders and were remorseful. Court heard that on the fateful day at around midnight, the convicts broke into the complainants house with a gun, knives and raped a woman, vandalized her vehicle before making off with household items and sh800, 000 Police in Luweero has sealed off Kasana market ahead of Democratic Party’s woman MP candidate Brenda nabukenya’s rally. This will be the last campaign before the electorate cast their ballots tomorrow for their favorite candidate. Stiff competition is between DP’S Brenda Nabukenya and NRMs Rebecca Nalwanga. Yesterday president Museveni was in the district conversing votes for Nalwanga. A number of observers including the US, UK, Netherlands, Ireland embassies, Democratic Governance Facility, and representatives of the candidates are expected to monitor the polls. Prisoners may go without food if government fails to meet over 21 billion shillings needed by the prison service in the next financial year 2014/2015. Uganda prison requires 48.7 billion shillings to feed over 44,476 inmates. Appearing before the parliamentary committee on budget, the commissioner general of prisons, John Byabashaija told MPs that the prisons service was stressed due to inadequate budgetary allocations towards the prisons’ service utility bills, accommodation and prisoner’s feeding. Byabashaija says it takes 10,000shs to feed each prisoner on a daily basis. The Seleka rebel group has said that it has reorganized itself to exercise greater control over its fighters. The mostly Muslim rebels have been involved in heavy fighting with mainly Christian fighters in the anti-balaka militia since March 2013. The government has condemned the move, saying the group had seized state property in the north as well as displacing over 25% of CARs 4.6 million population. The African Union, France and the European Union have about 7,000 troops battling to end the conflict. An ill Arab woman went to a hypnotist for treatment in Kuwait but was shocked when she found that he was about to rape her just seconds after she woke up. The woman told police that she was told about the Arab hypnotist by a friend and went to his apartment for treatment. The would-be rapist was summoned by the police for interrogation. RADIOCITY NEWS: WE BRING THE WORLD THE CLOSER TO YOU.
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 12:09:19 +0000
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