There Should be Justice for Kakama's death

August 10, 2012;  The New Vision (Pg. 3) is carrying a story under the Headline: Kakama's Killer Appeals 60-year Jail Sentence. in this story, Gordon Tumusiime who was convicted and sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 2010 murder of 18 month old Kham Kakama filed an appeal challenging the sentence and conviction.

while reading this article, One question came into my mind, What is Gordon Tumusiime Challenging? I thought he got a very lenient sentence from Justice Faith Mwondha since in her ruling, Tumusiime who was convicted for both Kidnap and Murder, got a 30 year sentence for each of the counts and these are running concurrently.

The fact that he was convicted for Murder and spared a more serious sentence should bring a semblance of laughter to him similar to the one we saw in the anti corruption court when Shanita Namuyimbwa aka Bad Black burst into laughter after being handed a 4 year jail term for "stealing" 11 Billion shillings.

Up to now, i believe none of us knows how Sven and Naomi Karekaho feel, about the Death of Kakama (its not easy to come to terms with) and with the sentence. like one writer asked in 2010; a few days after Kakama's body was recovered; Who can really imagine the pain that the parents of one-and-a-half-year old Kham Kakama are feeling after their son's murder. At moments like this, it is probably better to say nothing, for no words can ease that pain.

 Kakama was denied a chance to live and in taking his life, merciless people like Tumusiime could have taken any of our own. In Killing Kakama, they killed a little part of us too. such people should in my opinion not have a chance at life again. Ofcourse the christian in me thinks people can be reborn and live again as reformed citizens, but the parent in me is competing with this feeling, arguing that any parent would not chose to ever have a sight at his/her childs killer.

Can our fragile hearts as parents stand the presence of Tumusiime (Kakama's Convicted Murderer) on account that he appealed the sentence and was let Free? The Court of appeal should save us from this pain
and ensure that Justice Prevails in this particular situation.