Witchdoctor jailed for 16 years
Apr 17, 2009
THE High Court has sentenced a witch doctor to 16 years imprisonment after finding him guilty of kidnapping a child for purposes of ritual sacrifice.
By Hillary Nsambu
THE High Court has sentenced a witch doctor to 16 years imprisonment after finding him guilty of kidnapping a child for purposes of ritual sacrifice.
“Kidnapping children with intent to sacrificing them in ritual practice has reached an alarming situation in Uganda and it should not be tolerated,†the trial judge said when sentencing Sennoga Ssentumbwe on Thursday.
Ssentumbwe, 39, who operates a shrine in Mayinja Zone, Kawempe Division, Kampala, had been charged with Rashida Nakawooya. The prosecution alleged that Nakawooya kidnapped Musa Sserwadda from Kalerwe market.
Nakawooya pleaded guilty to having abducted the child and gave evidence implicating Ssentumbwe.
Justice Eldald Mwangusya, said Nakawooya’s evidence had proved the prosecution’s case beyond reasonable doubt.
Nakawooya, who was convicted a few weeks ago, was sentenced to a 16-year-jail-term at Luzira prison.
State attorney Collins Acellam had also asked the court for a sentence that would be commensurate to the gravity of the offence.
THE High Court has sentenced a witch doctor to 16 years imprisonment after finding him guilty of kidnapping a child for purposes of ritual sacrifice.
“Kidnapping children with intent to sacrificing them in ritual practice has reached an alarming situation in Uganda and it should not be tolerated,†the trial judge said when sentencing Sennoga Ssentumbwe on Thursday.
Ssentumbwe, 39, who operates a shrine in Mayinja Zone, Kawempe Division, Kampala, had been charged with Rashida Nakawooya. The prosecution alleged that Nakawooya kidnapped Musa Sserwadda from Kalerwe market.
Nakawooya pleaded guilty to having abducted the child and gave evidence implicating Ssentumbwe.
Justice Eldald Mwangusya, said Nakawooya’s evidence had proved the prosecution’s case beyond reasonable doubt.
Nakawooya, who was convicted a few weeks ago, was sentenced to a 16-year-jail-term at Luzira prison.
State attorney Collins Acellam had also asked the court for a sentence that would be commensurate to the gravity of the offence.