UGANDA: FIVE MEN ESCAPE THE GALLOWS

five men convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to death in Uganda by the High Court escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal acquitted them. Bikwata Namb-ogo, Pascal Namanga, Alozio Walimbwa, Maso-boni Magumba and John Wamanga were sentenced to death in 2002 by High Court judge Faith Mwondha. Justices Alice Mpagi-Bahigeine, Christine Binayiisa-Kitumba and Steven Kavuma acquitted the men as the conviction did not take into the account their alibis.