Kenneth Akena killer Mathew Kanyamunyu has been released from Luzira Prison,this website has learnt.
Kanyamunyu was sentenced to five years in prison for manslaughter after court ruled that he unintentionally killed the social worker in 2016.
Kanyamunyu’s original murder charge was reduced to manslaughter by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) after a plea bargaining session held at the High court criminal division in Kampala.
The DPP withdrawn murder charges against Kanyamunyu’s girlfriend Munwangari.
Kanyamunyu accepted before court that on the 12th November 2016 at Kampala Jinja highway unlawfully caused the death of Kenneth Akena.
“On the fateful day, Kanyamunyu and Akena got involved in a motor accident which resulted into a scuffle and Kanyamunyu shot Akena in the chest,” lwayer Peter Kabatsi said.
Justice Stephen Mubiru who ruled that since Kanyamunyu was a first-time offender and also took the victim to the hospital court accepted his bargain of six years imprisonment.
“Kanyamunyu is aged 43 years and he is a first offender, after shooting him, he realised the gravity of his actions and rushed the deceased to hospital where he told the doctors what had happened and attempted to save his life,” said justice Mubiru.
Akena’s death caused a lot of trauma to the family and the general public seeking serious punishment for Kanyamunyu.
