The High Court in Tororo has sentenced a former MP aspirant for Tororo North County to 50 years imprisonment after being convicted of killing a ruling NRM party registrar during the party primaries in 2020.
During the widespread violence during the NRM primaries in 2020, Oketcho Sinambio, the party registrar for Mukuju subcounty was killed and police arrested Richard Ojore, a then aspirant for Tororo North County constituency, Moses Emojong and Geoffrey Imai and charged them murder, aggravated robbery and attempted murder.
According to evidence provided before court by the DPP, on September, 4, 2020 at 1pm during the NRM primaries, the deceased arrived at Akoret B polling station in Akoret zone as his routine of checking on various polling agents deployed at polling stations.
However, the registrar who was together with Thomas Emukurut, a boda boda rider was attacked by the three accused persons on suspicion of being biased and that he was rigging the NRM primaries for another candidate.
The NRM registrar later died as he was being rushed to hospital.
On Tuesday, High Court judge, Esta Nambayo convicted the three people of murder, aggravated robbery and attempted murder.
Consequently, each of the three people was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for the murder whereas the former MP aspirant and Geoffrey Imai were also sentenced to an additional 20 years imprisonment after being convicted of attempted murder.
However, Justice Nambayo said the two sentences will run concurrently meaning that Ojore will spend 30yrs behind bars.
