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Court had ealier passed a guilty verdict against the due for having  abducted and murder Maria Nagirinya and her driver, Ronald Kitayimbwa, in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Isaac Muwata, in his judgement stated that  deserved the life sentence in prison as a deterrent  measure to safeguard society from acts of murder .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are no clear explanations for why they committed these offenses apart from the motivation to acquire money. The murder was brutal and horrifying, and no amount of punishment can compensate for the loss of the victims\u2019 lives. However, there is a need to deter others from committing similar crimes,\u201d Justice Muwata said in his judgement .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Muwata further sentenced Sharif Mpanga, Nassif Kalyango (also known as Muwonge), and Hassan Kisekka to 30 years in prison.  \u201cThey were in direct communication throughout the time, the crime was committed  as evidenced in the call data. They all bear responsibility for the crime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Sadat Katerega, was acquitted of the murder charges, as the judge said that there was no evidence to pin him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Others To Serve 30yrs Each The family of the late Maria Nagirinya has at long last got justice when<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-justice"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Nagirinya-2-1024x683-1.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9527,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/court-of-appeal-increases-punishment-of-convicted-witch-doctor-to-life-in-prison-for-attempted-murder-of-baby-hope\/","url_meta":{"origin":10259,"position":0},"title":"Court of Appeal Increases Punishment Of Convicted Witch Doctor To Life In Prison For Attempted Murder Of Baby Hope","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"July 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"DPP's Hope Annual Memorial Gala Is Set For July 28th As the annual event organised by the DPP's office to fight violence against children draws near on july 28th, 2023, the Court of Appeal has set aside a 44-year jail term handed down to Stephen Wasswa, a witch doctor convicted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Judgement day&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Judgement day","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/judgement-day\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lady-Justice-Catherine-Bamugemereire.webp","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lady-Justice-Catherine-Bamugemereire.webp 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lady-Justice-Catherine-Bamugemereire.webp 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lady-Justice-Catherine-Bamugemereire.webp 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11854,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/murder-convict-kanyamunyu-out-of-prison-after-serving-a-sentence-of-3-years-and-5-months\/","url_meta":{"origin":10259,"position":1},"title":"Murder Convict Kanyamunyu Out Of Prison After Serving  A Sentence Of 3 years and 5 months","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Murder convict Mathew Kanyamunyu , is out of prison after serving three years of a 5 year sentence for killing social worker\u00a0Kenneth Akena in 2016. 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