Bad Black granted bail in traffic case

By Michael Odeng

Jailed former Kampala socialite Shanita Namuyimbwa a.k.a Bad Black, who was recently charged with traffic offenses has been granted bail.

City Hall Grade I Magistrate, Julius Borore on Monday granted Black a cash bail of sh800, 000.

Her sureties were bonded at sh20m each (non cash).

Bad Black, as she is popularly known, is serving a four-year jail term behind bars at Luzira Prison in Kampala for fraud.

She was accused of injuring a six-month-old baby and her parents in a gruesome accident.

Prosecution alleges that Black caused an accident in which six-month-old Jamila Namulindwa and her parents, Ismail Nsamba and Fatuma Namusoke were seriously injured.

It is reported it was a hit-and-run accident.

At the time of the incident, Black was driving a silver Mercedes Benz of registration number UAM 833Z early December last year. 

The hit family was riding on a motorbike at Acacia Avenue in Kampala at the time of the clash.