Four fined Shs100,000 for dodging funeral

Four people have been fined Shs100,000 each by a village court in Buyende District after pleading guilty of dodging a funeral. The culprits appeared before Bulondo village court in Ndorwa sub-county after they were found working on a sugarcane plantation yet one of the residents had passed on. The area head of mourners Peter Isabirye said the resident passed a by-law earlier prohibiting anybody from going to the gardens when one of them dies. Isabirye says the fine was decided by a village court presided over by the area Local Council 1 Chairperson Moses Isabirye. “This amount included Shs20,000 for the police officers who helped with effecting the arrest of the trio”, he said. Isabirye said the fourth person who […]