Convicted lawyer Bob Kasango dies in prison

Convicted city lawyer Bob Kasango has died in prison due to heart-related complications, Prisons spokesperson Frank Baine has said. He passed away in Luzira prison on Saturday evening.

The flamboyant Kasango has been in prison on a journey of serving a 16-year sentence handed to him in 2018 by the Anti-Corruption court judge Margaret Tibulya for theft of Shs 15.4 billion meant for pensioners.

Kasango appealed the sentence, and the Court of Appeal justices led by Catherine Bamugemereire were yet to decide on his application. Kasango unsuccessfully applied for bail twice in the Court of Appeal.

Earlier, in December 2017, Kasango was banned from practicing law by the Uganda Law Council after he was found guilty of gross unethical conduct.

The Council’s disciplinary committee chaired by John Mary Kiwuuwa heard that Kasango had fleeced his client Vivine Mukuru and a property buyer, John Kaweesa of $193,200 (about Shs 707.8 million). This was reportedly in a transaction involving the purchase of a house in Kololo..

After purchasing the property, records indicate that shortly after Kaweesa had occupied the said house, another businessman Edward Kiyenje informed Kaweesa that he had already purchased the same house at $80,000 (about Shs 293.1 million).