In 2016, the former Masaka High Court Judge Flavian Zeija, sentenced Byakaye to 32 years prison sentence after he was convicted of sodomizing the 9-year-old boy, whom he intercepted at the Golf Course in Masaka city. On his sentencing, the trial High Court ruled that the convict committed a beastly act on the victim who is also minor, which qualified him to get a severe sentence to send a warning signal to other would-be offenders.
Captain Edrin Mawanda, the Public Information Officer for 5 Infantry Division confirmed the arrests stating that the suspects in custody were found in possession of 117 stolen cattle, four arrows, and one bow.
Ocaya, who is suspected of killing his wife and three children, was found unconscious in the newly constructed Anglican church in the neighboring Pachua Pakuba village on Tuesday evening.
Many participants, speaking in the local Lugbara dialect, complained that cases have dragged on for five to ten years without justification, while others reported that their case files had gone missing—both in court and at the police stations where criminal cases were initially registered.
Eyewitness Franklin Mugerwa expressed shock at the doctor's actions. “Besides slapping him, he grabbed his shirt by the neck, demanding to know why he was recording the councilors fighting. ‘Don’t you see it’s just a disagreement?’ he asked,” Mugerwa recounted.
