High court in Moroto has this afternoon sentenced a Kenyan national Bernard Marunda to 37 years in jail after he was found guilty of murder and aggravated robbery.
Murunda, also known as Mohamed Ekapalatan was convicted for murdering a bodaboda cyclist in Moroto district, five years ago.
The victim was identified as Siraje Wambede. High court presided over by Judge Henrietta Wolayo heard that the murderer and his counterpart still at large disguised as passengers to murder Siraje Wambede and robbed him of a motorbike registration number UDR 235c, a Nokia phone 5130 and 18,000 Uganda Shillings, on March 25, 2011 at Nakiloro village in Moroto district.
Prosecution in the case was led by Gerald Amalo Peter told court that Marunda.
Marunda pleaded guilty before court after the state produced six witnesses to pin him, considering that he had earlier denied the charges.
He declined to plead for leniency saying he had left the matter in God's hands.
