PRISON | KATURAMU | RELEASED

KAMPALA - Former Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister John Sanyu Katuramu has been released from jail.

New Vision has learnt that Katuramu was released from jail on Saturday morning after serving a 20-year jail term.

A family member who spoke to New Vision confirmed the development.

"He has been released.  But he cannot yet speak to the media," the family member said.

Katuramu was picked from Luzira prisons by his young son Job Katuramu.

Katuramu was picked from Luzira prisons by his young son Job Katuramu.

Also released was his nephew Patrick Kwezi and Alex Twinomugisha. 

The trio were were convicted and sentenced to death in 1999, for the murder of Tooro Prince Happy Kijanangoma and Stephen Kaganda, a guard, on March 25, 1999. 

Their sentence was, however, commuted to life imprisonment after the Supreme Court abolished the death penalty, which they served.