High Court judge Justice Wilson Kwesiga has this afternoon granted bail to Quantum Express Logistics Executive Director Matthew Kanyamunyu who is accused of murdering Kenneth Akena.

Kanyamunyu, through his lawyer Evans Ochieng applied for bail for the fourth time seeking court to release him on bail pending the hearing of his case, which has not been fixed ever since he was committed to High Court for trial.

He had for three times been denied bail by High Court Judges Oumo Oguli and Yasin Nyanzi.

He has been released on a Shs 10 million cash bail while his sureties were placed on a Shs 10 million court bond.

His co-accused Cythia Munwangari and Mathew Kanyamunyu were in March this year granted bail.

Kanyamunyu today presented evidence that he has a fixed place of abode. He availed a tenancy agreement of his home located at Royal Palms Estate in Luzira, Kampala and introductory letters from his land lord and LC1 chairperson.

He also presented five sureties, his uncle Julius Kanyamunyu, his aunts Sebunya Amerian and Stella Karuhanga, his cousin Emmy Karuhanga and Gabi Gasatula his guardian. His lawyer Ochieng asked the judge to consider the sureties substantial basing on the blood attachment they have with Kanyamunyu and the offices they hold.

Kanyamunyu is suspected to have shot Akena after the late scratched his (Kanyamunyu’s) car along Kampala-Jinja Road opposite Malik car bond.