UGANDA: POLICEMAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER

a police officer in Kasese district, Uganda, was sentenced to death for murder. Pascal Kakuru, was found guilty of shooting dead Mubarak Byekwaso in May 2005. The High Court in Kasese, presided over Justice Rugadya Atwooki, heard that Kakuru attempted to enter Club Atlas in the town but was asked to pay a fee of sh2,000 which he refused. Kakuru left the club and returned a few minutes later with a gun and shot Byekwaso four times. Byekwaso, an employee of the club, was rushed to Kilembe Hospital but he died on arrival. Kakuru was later arrested near the UPDF officers’ mess in the town. Justice Atwooki said the evidence against the accused was sufficient to show that he was guilty of murder.