There was drama at High Court in Kampala on Tuesday morning as Aruu county Member of Parliament, Samuel Odonga Otto, Kitgum Woman MP Beatrice Anywar denouced the former Presidential candidate Col Dr Kizza Besigye.
The MPs together with relatives of the late Kenneth Akena broke down at the court a show of discomfort with the ongoing bail application by murder suspect Mathew Kanyamunyu and his 2 co-accused.
The Bail application is slated to be determined by the High Court later today.
Kanyamunyu, his girlfriend Cynthia Munwangari and his brother Joseph Kanyamunyu applied for bail at High Court and during the proceeding before Justice Elizabeth Kabanda, produced sureties as a requirement for bail. One of these was Dr. Kizza Besigye’s wife and Oxfarm International boss Winnie Byanyima.
Besigye’s wife was introduced to court as an aunt to Mr Kanyamunyu.
However, this didn’t go well with the legislators from the northern region and Akena’s relatives who argued that Besigye’s wife ought to have stayed out of the case.
Mrs Winnie Byanyima stood surety of the Kanyamunyus
Immediately after broke off, Odonga Otto was up in arms accusing Dr. Besigye of being a hypocrite and stressing that he ought to have reigned on his wife not to participate in the case.
“I regret supporting Dr.Kizza Besigye. How can his wife be the one to stand surety for Kanyamunyu,” Odonga Otto yelled.
The vocal legislator said it was unfortunate that a number of people from the north including James Opoka died for supporting the FDC and opposition strongman, adding that Besigye has ‘paid them by sending his wife to stand surety for a murderer’.
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Otto together with Beatrice Anywar said Besigye should have advised Byanyima to distance herself from the Kanyamunyu case which they said is sensitive.
“The political lines now have been drawn and you should never step a foot again in the north or else when coming you should come in an armored vehicle,” Otto said.
According to the late Akena’s father, justice ought to prevail in the matter but noted it was wrong for Byanyima to stand surety for Kanyamunyu.
The group promised more action in case court granted bail to the accused stressing that the deceased’s spirit will never rest until justice has been served to the killers of their son.
Some of the relatives of the late Akena
Quantum Logistics boss Mathew Kanyamunyu(39) battles the murder charges with his Burundian girlfriend Cynthia Munwangali(26) and his brother Joseph Kanyamunyo(40).
Prosecution alleges that the trio and others still at large on November 12 along Kampala-Jinja road near Malik car bond, opposite UMA main gate killed Kenneth Akena.
Police has since the recovered the pistol used in the murder.