President Yoweri Museveni has exercised Article 121(1)(a) of the constitution to pardon 200 prisoners, including former Permanent Secretary of Public Service Jimmy Lwamafa who has been serving a sentence for corruption.
Museveni signed the pardon, which was based on humanitarian grounds, on August 20.
“In exercise of the power vest in me under Article 121(1) (a) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and on the advice of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, I hereby grant pardon to these persons,” reads Museveni’s letter to the Commissioner General of Prisons.
The prisoners were serving sentences at different prisons across the country.
Uganda Prisons spokesperson, Frank Baine on Monday said Lwamafa was among the 200 beneficiaries of the presidential pardon that was submitted to the president by the prerogative of mercy committee.
“He falls among three categories of those pardoned. He is among the elderly and has not been so well but most importantly, he had also put his life to work for this country for many years and on humanitarian grounds he qualified for pardon,” Baine said.
Lwamafa was sentenced together with Christopher Obey, the former Principal Accountant in the Pensions Department, Stephen Kiwanuka Kunsa, the former Director Research and Development and city lawyer Bob Kasango who had earlier been convicted of a number of charges ranging from conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to commit a felony and forgery of judicial documents by the Anti Corruption Court.
He was also asked to refund some of the money.
Over the years, President Museveni has pardoned prisoners through the Prerogative of Mercy.
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