By Enos Masereka,
The Court of Appeal has upheld a 25-year jail term handed to Kenneth Kugonza for murdering a Xaverian Movement Church leader, Emmanuel Musinguzi in Kyenjonjo district about 13 years ago.
The court heard that the deceased was a member of the Xaverian Movement in the Catholic Church who was killed on January 24, 2010, at Katosa Village in Kyenjojo District, at about 7 p.m. when members of the Xaverian Movement were on the way to Katosa Catholic Church to prepare for a function.
It is alleged that along the way, the Church group met Kugonza, alongside one Robert Karugaba who began to insult the Xaverians by referring to them as prisoners on top of demanding an explanation on where they were heading to.
Unknown to the Xaverians, Kugonza had a knife which he used to stab Musinguzi resulting in his death moments later. At his trial, Kugonza pleaded not guilty but the trial judge Dan Akiiki Kiiza found sufficient evidence to convict him and sentenced him to serve 25 years in jail. END.