Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala businessman Mathew Kanyamunyu, a prime suspect in the shooting of child rights activist Kenneth Akena Watmon, is seeking traditional mediation in the case. Recently, Kanyamunyu’s family sought the intervention of Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative (ARLPI) and the Acholi Cultural Institution to broker …
Read More »Kanyamunyu’s lawyers question competency of gov’t’s analytical laboratory
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The defense team in the trial of Matthew Kanyamunyu and his girlfriend, Cynthia Munwangari for the murder of Child Right’s Activist, Kenneth Akena has challenged the competency of the Government Analytical Laboratory-GAL. Kanyamunyu’s lawyers led by MacDusman Kabega contend that the Government Analytical Laboratory …
Read More »Kanyamunyu lawyers demand for pathologist’s handwritten notes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The defense team in the trial of Matthew Kanyamunyu and his girlfriend, Cynthia Munwangari for the murder of child right activist, Kenneth Akena has asked the police pathologist to present a written copy of his notes. The defense team made the request when …
Read More »Surgical instruments, bullet found in Akena’s body
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A witness has told court that surgical instruments and a bullet were recovered from the body of Kenneth Akena. The witness whose identity was concealed by court was part of the team that conducted a post mortem on November 13th, 2016. On Thursday, the witness …
Read More »Kanyamunyu trial: Court bars recording of prosecution witness
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was anxiety in the High Court Criminal Division in Kampala this morning during the murder trial of businessman, Matthew Kanyamunyu when the presiding judge banned all forms of recording gadgets. Kanyamunyu appeared before Justice, Steven Mubiru together with his girlfriend Cynthia Munwangari for the …
Read More »Kanyamunyu trial pushed to next month
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Division of High Court will next month start hearing a case in which Matthew Kanyamunyu and two others are accused of murdering child activist, Kenneth Akena. Kanyamunyu is jointly charged alongside his Burundian girlfriend Cynthia Munwangari and his elder brother, Joseph Kanyamunyu. …
Read More »Kanyamunyu’s fourth bail application hearing fixed
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Hearing of the fourth bail application filed by jailed Lugogo murder key suspect, Mathew Kanyamunyu, has been fixed for October 30, 2017 High court Judge Wilson Kwesiga is set to hear the application on that date. Justices Elizabeth Kabanda and Yasin Nyanzi dismissed Mathew Kanyamunyu’s three …
Read More »VIDEO: Mathew Kanyamunyu seeks bail again
VIDEO: Mathew Kanyamunyu seeks bail again Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The High court in Kampala sat yesterday to hear another application for bail filed by Mathew Kanyamunyu , who is accused of the shooting of a social worker Kenneth Akena in November. Justice Yasin Nyanzi, who is one …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Kanyamunyu murder case
Why the police can’t win Since Nov.12, when Mathew Kanyamunyu; a young flamboyant businessman in Kampala City and a female companion, Cynthia Munwangari, were arrested as suspects in the death of a young man called Kenneth Akena, Jinja Road Police Station where investigations into the case are centred has become …
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