Jinja resident district commissioner (RDC) Eric Sakwa has been released on bail.
Sakwa alongside two others were charged with three counts of manslaughter, theft and malicious damage stemming from the death of a one Charles Isanga, a trader from Lwanda village in Mafubira sub-county, Jinja district.
Sakwa alongside two others were charged with three counts of manslaughter, theft and malicious damage stemming from the death of a one Charles Isanga, a trader from Lwanda village in Mafubira sub-county, Jinja district.
Isanga died days after a March 22 scuffle with the security personnel that were enforcing presidential directives to stop the spread of coronavirus disease.
Reports indicate that Isanga died on April 18 after succumbing to injuries sustained during the fracas. In the aftermath, Sakwa was arrested and subsequently remanded to Kirinya prison.
Today, Sakwa appeared before the Jinja chief magistrate Jessica Chemeri online via the Zoom conferencing technology, connected from Kirinya prison for his bail application.
His four sureties included the Butembe county MP Nelson Lufafa, Kagoma county MP Walyomu Muwanika, Jinja municipality mayor Majid Batambuze, and Jinja district chairperson Titus Kisambira. They were each granted a non-cash bond of Shs 10 million.
Although the resident state attorney, Doreen Naluyima had told the court that the suspects and their sureties were influential people in society who could jeopardize investigations, Sakwa’s lawyer, Evans Ochieng informed court that his client has a fixed place of abode and is a senior citizen who will respect all the set court terms and conditions.
The magistrate ruled that the accused person fulfilled all the set terms which warranted his bail. He was released on a non-cash bail of Shs 5 million. Sakwa is supposed to return to court on Monday, May 5, for the start of hearing charges preferred against him.
Reports indicate that Isanga died on April 18 after succumbing to injuries sustained during the fracas. In the aftermath, Sakwa was arrested and subsequently remanded to Kirinya prison.
Today, Sakwa appeared before the Jinja chief magistrate Jessica Chemeri online via the Zoom conferencing technology, connected from Kirinya prison for his bail application.
His four sureties included the Butembe county MP Nelson Lufafa, Kagoma county MP Walyomu Muwanika, Jinja municipality mayor Majid Batambuze, and Jinja district chairperson Titus Kisambira. They were each granted a non-cash bond of Shs 10 million.
Although the resident state attorney, Doreen Naluyima had told the court that the suspects and their sureties were influential people in society who could jeopardize investigations, Sakwa’s lawyer, Evans Ochieng informed court that his client has a fixed place of abode and is a senior citizen who will respect all the set court terms and conditions.
The magistrate ruled that the accused person fulfilled all the set terms which warranted his bail. He was released on a non-cash bail of Shs 5 million. Sakwa is supposed to return to court on Monday, May 5, for the start of hearing charges preferred against him.