Hearing\nof the murder case against city businessman Mathew Kanyamunyu, his girlfriend\nCynthia Munwangai and two others accused of murdering social worker Kenneth\nAkena, which was set for Monday didn\u2019t take place before High court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matthew\nKanyamunyu and his co-accused are accused of murdering Kenneth Akena a social\nworker on November 12, 2016 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\nDecember, Kanyamunyu pleaded not guilty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prosecution\nalleges that Joseph Kanyamunyu picked the pistol said to have been used in the\nmurder of Akena from his brother’s car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mathew\nKanyamunyu who is jointly charged with his brother Joseph and girlfriend\nCynthia Munwangari were present at court with their lawyers ready for the\ntrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His\nbrother Joseph Kanyamunyu is however charged with being an accessory to the\nsaid murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On\nMonday 21st<\/sup> January 2019, State prosecutor Fatina Nakafeero however,\ninformed presiding judge Steven Mubiru that she couldn\u2019t proceed to serve her\nwitnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I\ncannot proceed to present witnesses without going through this requisite\npre-trial step,” Nakafeero said <\/p>\n\n\n\n She further asked the trial judge to adjourn\nthe case to the next session, with hope that by then, she will have disclosed\nall the evidence and exhibits to the defence team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Consequently,\nJustice Mubiru postponed the trial to the next convenient criminal session\nsaying he couldn\u2019t find another date for the matter in this ending session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile\nsome parts of the evidence prosecution decided to disclose, shows that Kanyamunyu\nwas driving along with his girlfriend Cynthia Munwangari before his engagement\ninto a scuffle with Akena whom he accused of scratching and putting a dent on\nhis Toyota Land cruiser vehicle that angered him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However,\nit is alleged that Kanyamunyu shot Akena three times in the stomach and later he\nand girlfriend claimed that they only acted out of good will to transport Akena\nwho was in bad condition to Norvik Hospital on Bombo road where he died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last\nyear high court granted bail to Mathew Kanyamunyu and his girlfriend Cynthia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hearing of the murder case against city businessman Mathew Kanyamunyu, his girlfriend Cynthia Munwangai and two others accused of murdering social worker Kenneth Akena, which was set for Monday didn\u2019t take place before High court. Matthew Kanyamunyu and his co-accused are accused of murdering Kenneth Akena a social worker on November 12, 2016 In December, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":7695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-7694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n