The Kanyanya Magistrates Court has denied bail to National Unity Platform (NUP) Deputy Spokesperson Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro, to enable him bury his late wife Edith Mufumbiro Katende, who passed on on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer.
On Wednesday, Mufumbiro wrote to the Chief Justice Dr Flavian Zeija, Mufumbiro seeking a temporary bail to allow him fulfil his late wife’s last wishes for him to be by his side in her final days on earth.
“In the final days of her release, as her condition deteriorated and became clear that she would not recover, Edith in the presence of my family members expressed her last and most earnest wish: that I be her by side and that I be permitted to lay her to rest” Mufumbiro wrote.
He added, “And it’s the very reason I have decided to appeal to your office for my temporary release. I pray thee that you entreat the Chief Magistrate, Kawempe Chief Magistrate’s Court and the Grade I as their supervisor, to grant me bail to be able to burry my wife”.
However despite the emotional plea, Kanyanya Magistrates court has denied Mufumbiro the opportunity to fulfil his wife last wishes through a video conference hearing and further remanded him to Luzira Prison.
Mufumbiro is jointly charged with seven other NUP members, including Edward Ssebufu, also known as Eddie Mutwe, the head of security for party leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu with unlawful drilling and conspiracy to commit a felony, stemming from allegations that they conducted unauthorized military-style training at party offices in Makerere-Kavule in February 2025.
