Court orders deportation of three Kenyans accused of killing doctor
They appeared before City Hall Magistrate Nicholas Aisu and were charged with unlawful entry and presence in Uganda, which is contrary to section 60 (i)(h) and (m) of the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Act Cap 313.
Samuel Karanja, Pius Mwiru Mbunga and Collins Bett Kiplangat in the dock at the City Hall Court, where they were charged with illegal entry and stay in Uganda. (Photo by Margret Zalwango)
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City Hall Court in Kampala has issued a deportation order for a Kenyan police officer and two others, who are accused of killing a doctor, so that they can face murder charges in Kenya.
Police officer Collins Bett Kiplangat, 32, attached to Kikuyu Police Station and a resident of Kuresol in Nakuru, was arraigned before City Hall Court in Kampala alongside Pius Mwiru Mbunga, 27, a businessman and Samuel Karanja, 29, a resident of Kyanja Heights Apartments in Kira municipality, Wakiso district.
They appeared before City Hall Magistrate Nicholas Aisu and were charged with unlawful entry and presence in Uganda, which is contrary to section 60 (i)(h) and (m) of the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Act Cap 313.
Pius Mwiru Mbunga and Samuel Karanja being escorted out of court, where they were charged with illegal entry and stay in Uganda. (Photo by Margret Zalwango)
They all pleaded guilty to the charges against them.
Murder charges in Kenya
State Attorney Mercy Yamangusho told court that illegal entry into Uganda cases are rampant, thus the need to curb them. She added that this can be done by imposing harsh sentences that would serve as a lesson to offenders.
She further requested court to issue a deportation order for the accused persons to be taken back to Kenya, where they are facing murder charges. It is alleged that the three are accused of unlawfully causing the death of a Kenyan doctor, Victoria Mutiso.
On his part, Mbuga asked court for leniency as he is a frequent visitor to Uganda, though this time things went wrong.
Collins Bett Kiplangat, a police officer attached to Kikuyu Police, being taken out of court after a deportation order was issued. (Photo by Margret Zalwango)
“Your Worship, please have mercy on me. It's not my first time in Uganda,” he said.
For Karanja, he asked court to allow the prosecution request for a deportation order to face the charges back home.
In his ruling, the trial magistrate Aisu sentenced them to a caution and ordered that the three be taken back to Kenya to face the murder charges against them in the appropriate court.