The Supreme court is holding a criminal session in which 18 suspects are appealing against sentences that were confirmed by the Court of Appeal.
Notable among the suspects is the former NSSF managing director David Chandi Jamwa whose appeal has been fixed for hearing on the 25th July 2018.
Jamwa who is out on bail is contesting a 12-year jail term, that was handed to him for abuse of office, and causing the NSSF a 3.1 billion shillings loss.
Another suspect is the former Mukono Police DPC James Peter Aurien who is challenging a 40-year jail sentence for murdering his wife Christine Apolot in 2009.
Aurien had been sentenced to suffer death by the High Court but he successfully convinced the court of Appeal that this sentence was harsh and exercise. The justices of the court of Appeal then substituted the death penalty with a 40-year jail term, which he’s now contesting before the Supreme Court. His appeal will be heard on 25th July.
The Supreme Court will also hear the appeal of Masaka businessman Kato Kajubi who was sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted for the murder of a 12-year-old boy Joseph Kasirye in 2008, in a case of child sacrifice.
Justice Paul Mugamba has fixed Kato Kajubi’s appeal for hearing on the 31st July 2018.
