JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
The appeal arises from the Judgment of the High Court at Busia (F. Tuiyot, J.) dated 20th November, 2014.
The background to the appeal is that, the appellants were charged jointly with others with the offence of Murder contrary to section 203 as read with section 204 of the Penal Code. The particulars of the offence were that, on 31st August, 2012 at Nangoga Village in Namboboto Location in Busia County, the appellants jointly with others murdered Dennis Wandera Ouma. The appellants denied the offence prompting a trial in which the prosecution tendered evidence through six (6) witnesses to prove the information.
The evidence in support of the prosecution case was that, Regina Nabwire (PW1), who was the mother to the deceased stated that on the material night of 31st August, 2012, she was in her house when at around 10.00 p.m. she heard people talking outside. They knocked at her door four (4) times asking her to open the door but she refused to open. She recognized …