ISO Boss’ son jailed for 32years over murder

By Rachael Najjuma

17^th Feb 2020

High court has handed Brian Bagyenda, a pharmacist and two others a 32-year jail term for the murder of his girlfriend, Enid Twijukye, a student of Makerere University Business School (MUBS) on January 4th, 2017.

The others are Innocent Bainomugisha, a cleaner and Vincent Rwahwire, a casual Laborer.

In his judgment delivered on Monday afternoon, Justice Moses Kazibwe noted that although the defense lawyers tried to convince court that Bagyenda suffered a disease of mind by the time he committed the crime, both prosecution witnesses including Dr. Santos Ojara and Defense witnesses like Dr Brian Mutamba and Sister. Jane Francis Nantamu agreed that depression is not a permanent condition.

He noted that it therefore makes it speculative to argue that Bagyenda couldn’t have premeditated the murder since all medics who testified in the matter agreed that depression isn’t a permanent condition.

He also noted that Bagyenda’s actions before and after Twijukye’s murder, clearly indicates that he was in a stable mental state.

Justice Kazibwe also argued that, the fact that the convict checked the deceased’s phone while she was asleep and saw her pictures together with another man, which he forwarded to his own phone, wasn’t something that could be done by someone with mental illness.

Justice Kazibwe also explained that Bagyenda’s actions such as sending his maid to go for shopping in Kalerwe Market all the way from Luzira area and sending her back to buy herself a soda after returning from the market, hiding in Voyeja Hotel where he checked in as John Mugizi clearly, indicate that he knew what he was doing.

Justice Kazibwe also found Rwahwire and Bainomugisha guilty of being active participants in the crime since they received Shillings 30,000 to help in the execution of the deceased. Court heard that Rwahwire held the neck of the deceased while Bainomugisha held her down as Bagyenda suffocated her to death using pillows.

Court also found them guilty of dumping the deceased’s body in Namanve swamp in Mukono District.