A Nairobi Court in Kenya Friday Sentenced 2 Ugandans to Life in jail over unlawful trafficking of Cocaine worth Approx-US$1Million.
They have been held in Kenya since June 5, 2010.
John Mugisha and Ann Bisaso broke into tears when the charges were read to them by Kibera Principal Magistrate Laetisha Wachira.
Bisaso, pictured right, pleaded for mercy saying she is a single mother while Mugisha said he needs to spend time with his young family.
the Magistrate dismissed their pleas, saying the law on drug trafficking was severe and that the sentence handed to them was justified.
However, they were given two weeks to appeal.
Mugisha had claimed the police framed up charges on him after he was found with no drugs but the prosecution was categorical that he processed Bisaso’s travel documents and that the keys to the boxes that were impounded by police were found on him.
In sentencing them, Wachira said the prosecution had established that the two had indeed trafficked drugs.
Prosecutor Chief Inspector Justus Imaana had asked that Bisaso be treated as a first-time offender as she has no previous such records in Kenya or in Uganda.
Mugisha had a previous conviction in Kenya for trying to escape from Kamiti Prison and is serving a two-year sentence.
The duo was arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with cocaine which they tried to conceal.
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