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Ugandan Student Gets 9yrs Jail for Illegal Possession of Submachine Guns
14 April 2008
New Vision (Kampala)
KAMPALA — Julius Nyago, a 20-year-old student of Dodoth College in Kotido district, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for illegal possession of guns.
The 3rd Division Court Martial chaired by Col. John Baptist Mulindwa convicted Nyago on Friday.
The court heard that he was arrested from school on January 17 with two sub-machine guns and 120 bullets that were concealed in a suitcase.
The court also sentenced Simon Chepkurei to six months in prison for... (GunPolicy.org)