Nebanda: Kalungi gets 4 years for manslaughter

By Michael Odeng

Adam Kalungi, the boyfriend of the late Butaleja woman MP, Cerinah Nebanda, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for manslaughter.

Kalungi was convicted of manslaughter last week but the sentence has been delivered today (Friday).

Makindye Chief Magistrate's court convicted Kalungi on grounds that he was negligent and never took Nebanda to hospital in time.
trueKalungi leaving Makindye Magistrates Court on Friday. PHOTO/Abu Kisige

Kalungi was however, acquitted on counts of possession and supply of drugs. His co-accused Ali Omar was convicted of possession of drugs while the other four were acquitted of all the charges.

Prosecution said on December 14, 2012 in Buziga, Makindye Division Kampala, Kalungi, Noor Abubakar, Khan Babu, Abdul Abid Rashid Butt, Ali Omar Almuzahim and Fatuma Babu caused the death of MP Nebanda.

They were also charged with two separate counts, including unlawful possession and supply of narcotic drugs between September and December 2012, contrary to the National Drug policy Act.

Kalungi was arrested on Friday January 4 last year in Kenya where he had fled after the death of his girlfriend, Nebanda and later extradited to Uganda. However, before his arrest, Kalungi's co-accused persons who are Ugandan nationals of Pakistan origin had already been arrested.