The officers argue that the General Court Martial erroneously sentenced them on wrong charges and uncorrelated evidence.
Some also argue that the court that sits in Makindye, a Kampala suburb, tried them under wrong sections of the UPDF Act, and that it disregarded their evidence.
Lt. Col. John Kaye was sentenced last month to 10 years for murdering a man who drove his wife to their home in Nalumunye in Wakiso district in 2011.
Under the UPDF Act, a sentence of two years in jail and beyond involves dismissal from the forces with disgrace.
Soldiers dismissed from the army with disgrace are not entitled to retirement packages and pension.
Kaye, through his lawyer, Kiyemba Mutale, argues that the court chaired by Maj. Gen. Elly Karuhanga, disregarded his evidence showing the man he killed in “self-defense” – Steven Kabuye attempted to disarm his body guard before he descended on him (Kaye).
Kaye is relying on a medical report authored by a police pathologist, Dr. Bernard Ndiwalana, who established that the convict had a bruise below one of his shoulders. Read more
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