Mathew Kirabo to spend 30 years in jail over Desire Mirembe murder

Dr Mathew Kirabo has been ordered to spend 30 years in prison for the murder of his 19-year-old girlfriend, Desire Mirembe in July 2015. Mukono High Court’s Justice Henry Kaweesa Isabirye on Tuesday considered that Kirabo is a first-time offender who should be given a chance to reform . The Court has however deducted the one month and 7 days that Kirabo spent on remand. The judge ordered that he serves the remaining 29y ears l, 10 months and 23 days at Luzira prison. Kirabo, a 32-year-old medical doctor, worked at Mulago Hospital’s emergency unit and Kawempe referral hospital during his five years on bail. At the time of her untimely death, Mirembe was a medical student at Makerere University. […]