Kasiwukira’s widow arrested trying to leave the country

What you need to know:

  • High court judge Wilson Masalu Musene acquitted Nabikolo of murder charges on October 12, saying the prosecution had failed to prove that she was part of a ploy to kill her husband.
  • Her arrest comes just days after the director of public prosecutions (DPP) appealed against her acquittal.

The widow of slain city businessman Eriya Bugembe Sebunya, also known as Kasiwukira who was

Kasiwukira’s widow acquitted of murder, cousin convicted

However, her cousin, Ms Sandra Nakungu and Mr Ashraf Jaden, a police officer at Muyenga Community Police Station were convicted of the said murder

of murder charges in the high court in Kampala has been re-arrested.
Nabikolo together with her two colleagues, Catherine Kyasa and Collines Lubolwa was arrested on Tuesday at about 11pm while trying to leave Uganda to Kenya through Busia border.

They were travelling on a bus owned by Modern Bus Company.
The Bukedi region police spokesperson Sowali Kamulya confirmed that the suspects were arrested after Ms Nabikolo failed to present her passport raising suspicion on their travel.
He said at the immigration office, Ms Nabikolo only presented a driving permit as her travel document.

He said after subjecting them to body checks by the immigration officers at the border, Nabikolo’s passport was later discovered in one of the hand bags further raising suspicion on their motive although they claimed they were heading to Mombasa.
Kamulya added that Nabikolo’s failures to present and disclose herself raised suspicion on their movement.

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Her arrest comes just days after the director of public prosecutions (DPP) appealed against her acquittal.

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In his ruling, the judge found Jaden and Nakungu guilty of having a common intention to murder Kasiwukira.

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Ms Nabikolo further testified that she never confronted her co-wife, a sign that there was good relation in the family.

High court judge Wilson Masalu Musene acquitted Nabikolo of murder charges on October 12, saying the prosecution had failed to prove that she was part of a ploy to kill her husband.

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The same court however, convicted her cousin Sandra Nakkungu and a police constable Jaden ashraf. Justice Musene ruled that Sandra Nakungu and Jaden had a common intention to kill Kasiwukira.

The former member of Kwagalana group died on October 17, 2014. He was knocked by a speeding car while he was jogging near his home in Muyenga, a suburb of Kampala.

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