Mityana cannibal jailed

Aug 20, 2006

A Self-confessed cannibal, Samuel Nsubuga of Mityana, has been sentenced to eight years in jail for harming the dead and trespassing on burial grounds contrary to sections 120 and 121 of the Penal Code.

By Luke Kagiri
A Self-confessed cannibal, Samuel Nsubuga of Mityana, has been sentenced to eight years in jail for harming the dead and trespassing on burial grounds contrary to sections 120 and 121 of the Penal Code.
Mubende chief magistrate Baker Rwatooro made the ruling on Thursday after Nsubuga admitted that he dug up two graves of Margaret Ssanyu and Justine Namande of Lweyo village, Namutamba Bulera, sub-county.
Drama unfolded inside a fully-packed courtroom as Nsubuga narrated to the magistrate how human flesh tastes like dogs, snakes and cats.
Nsubuga said he had been eating bodies of dead people, dogs, cats and snakes, but the dogs were his delicacy.
Rwatooro ruled that Nsubuga had not been repentant and was proud of his practices, which earned him 24 months in prison on each of the four counts, totalling eight years.
The magistrate said, “The time you will spend in prison will relieve the dead and the residents from the tension you had put them on.”
Residents of Namutamba and the Police launched a hunt for Nsubuga in May when he allegedly attempted to slaughter Jessica Nalwoga, who was rescued by the residents.
Nalwoga was later admitted to Mulago Hospital with wounds on the neck.
Nsubuga was arrested two weeks ago at Ssekanyonyi in Mityana as he tried to escape to Kampala.
He had bones in his pockets, which were believed to be from corpses. He admitted that he had been eating human flesh, but denied killing anyone.
Meanwhile, relatives of those eaten by Nsubuga have expressed dissatisfaction over the sentence.
They said the punishment was too weak and he would return after serving his term and continue with his practices. They said Nsubuga deserved death.
“My daughter was supposed to rest in peace without being disturbed. He will return and trouble us again. He deserves death so that he serves as an example to the rest,” Livingstone Kanyandekwe of Lweyo, Ssanyu’s father, said.
Robert Ssonko, the father of Justine Namande, said, “He deserved death, not imprisonment. My daughter was harmed.”
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