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Kampala. The Criminal Division of the High Court in Kampala received a new bail application for Mr. Mathew Kanyamunyu. The businessman is facing a murder charge alongside his brother Joseph Kanyamunyu and girlfriend Ms. Cynthia Munywangari who are out on bail.

According Mr. Emmanuel Baguma, the acting Registrar Criminal Division, Hon. Justice Yasin Nyanzi will hear the new application.

This is the third time that Kanyamunyu is applying for bail after the last two attempts were turned down by the High Court. He has been on remand at Luzira prison for the last nine months.

Mr. Mathew Kanyamunyu, Ms. Cynthia Munywangari and Mr. Joseph Kanyamunyu are said to have murdered the late Akena on the night of November 12, 2016 around Lugogo along the Jinja-Kampala after an altercation that allegedly rose from a minor road accident involving Mr. Akena and Mr. Matthew Kanyamunyu.