Jinja Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Eric Sakwa has been granted bail by Jinja Chief Magistrate, Jessica Chemeri. Sakwa did not physically appear in the court room but the proceedings were held via Zoom video conferencing between Jinja Court and Kirinya Prison where he was remanded on April 24, 2020, in a bid to observe measures against the further spread of coronavirus in Uganda.
Prosecution alleges that Sakwa, 38, between March 22 and April 17 this year at Lwanda Village in Jinja District, unlawfully caused the death of Charles Isanga, a businessman in the area. He is jointly charged with two others. They include; Bazimbyewa Bumali alias Chris Umar Dindodi, 19, a mechanic and Mohammed Simba alias Meddie, 31, and a businessman in Jinja.
Prosecution further claims that Sakwa, his alleged accomplices and others still at large stole Shs80,000, three crates of beer, eight trays of eggs, sachets of waragi and soda all valued at approximately Shs429,000, still the property of the said Isanga.
The trio is accused of manslaughter, robbery, and malicious damage to property of Isanga.