KAMPALA, UGANDA: Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court has convicted a Kenyan national Jared Oloo Akumu after he was found guilty of offensive communication and cyber stalking the Director of Public Prosecutions Jane Frances Abodo.
The court magistrate Ms. Gladys Kamasanyu on Tuesday found Akumu, a resident of Nyangoma Division, Bondo District, Siaya County, Nyanza Province in Kenya guilty of disturbing the peace of Justice Abodo.
Prosecution led by DPP Abodo the chief witness in the case told court that between September 15, 2021 and November 2, 2021, while in unknown places, Akumu willfully and repeatedly used his email address [email protected] to harass the DPP by sending her threatening e-mails and attachments to her official email address.
Abodo said the accused threatened to print out her photos and pin them on billboards across East African countries for everybody, including her appointing authority, President Museveni to know that she is corrupt.
Akumu reportedly resorted to the threats following the theft of his vehicle and blamed the DPP for hiding his case file and subsequently denying him justice simply because of the advice she gave on the matter.
He has now been remanded back to Luzira prison until October 11 when he’ll again appear in court for sentencing.
The state prosecutors want Akumu to be sentenced to five years on grounds that his actions caused the DPP untold trauma.
However, Akumu who confessed to sending the e-mails to justice Abodo pleaded for forgiveness and lenience saying his intentions were simply to recover his stolen car.
(Monitor)
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