Former Kyadondo East MP Kantinti to spend another six months at Luzira over Shs108M
Former Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Apollo Kantinti has been sent to Luzira for six months for the second time for failure to pay Shs108 million as costs for losing an appeal in an election petition.
The High Court in nullified Kantinti’s election as the Kyaddondo East Member of Parliament on grounds that the Electoral Commission did not comply with electoral laws but he appealed against the decision.
The court of Appeal later upheld the lower court’s decision to have a fresh election before ordering Kantinti to pay a sum of shs107 million as costs incurred by NRM’s Sitenda Ssebalu in the case.
On June 11, 2019, the Court of Appeal issued a warrant of arrest against Kantinti for failure to pay the money but he was last week arrested.
However, on Monday, the same court sent him to Luzira prison for failure to pay the amount he owes Sitenda .
“This is to authorize and require you to receive the said Hon.Appolo Kantinti into your custody for a period of not exceeding six months and court hereby affixes a sum of shillings 3000 per diem payable weekly,” reads in part the warrant of committal by the Court of Appeal dated July 8,2019.
This comes on the heels of another six month sentence for the former legislator for failure to pay a bank loan.
Kantinti was last week sent to Luzira to spend six months for defaulting on a shs300 million Standard Chartered Bank loan he acquired in June 2016 and was to pay in 50 installments over three years with an interest rate of 25%.
