The Association of Uganda Women Lawyers (FIDA) has come to the defense of a 20-year old mother of one who was sentenced to death over killing her husband.
The Uganda military court martial yesterday found Judith Koriang guilty of killing her husband Private Nelson Okello after a domestic quarrel.
Judith Koriang and her child (New Vision photo)
The quarrel followed an HIV test which revealed that Okello is HIV negative while Koriang is HIV positive.
Maria Nassali, the head of FIDA Uganda which brings together female lawyers in the country says the group will offer Koriang assistance in the appeal to ensure she gets justice.
Nasali says Koriang might have killed her husband out of provocation because she told the court that the husband kept tormenting her about the HIV status.
Korianga admitted to killing her husband (and had intended to kill the baby and end her own life) saying she was fed up of the husband ridiculing her to go where she was infected with HIV. Korianga claims that her pleas and explanation that she had not slept with another man fell on deaf ears.
Though HIV is spread through unprotected sex, blood transfusion (on blood contact with an HIV infected person) and Mother to Child Transmission, many people in Uganda quickly conclude whoever is found HIV positive must have acquired it through unprotected sex.
The army Court martial gave Koriang 14 days in which she must appeal the death sentence.
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Uganda women lawyers to defend Koriang over murdering her husband
The Association of Uganda Women Lawyers (FIDA) has come to the defense of a 20-year old mother of one who was sentenced to death over killing her husband.
The Uganda military court martial yesterday found Judith Koriang guilty of killing her husband Private Nelson Okello after a domestic quarrel.
The quarrel followed an HIV test which revealed that Okello is HIV negative while Koriang is HIV positive.
Maria Nassali, the head of FIDA Uganda which brings together female lawyers in the country says the group will offer Koriang assistance in the appeal to ensure she gets justice.
Nasali says Koriang might have killed her husband out of provocation because she told the court that the husband kept tormenting her about the HIV status.
Korianga admitted to killing her husband (and had intended to kill the baby and end her own life) saying she was fed up of the husband ridiculing her to go where she was infected with HIV. Korianga claims that her pleas and explanation that she had not slept with another man fell on deaf ears.
Though HIV is spread through unprotected sex, blood transfusion (on blood contact with an HIV infected person) and Mother to Child Transmission, many people in Uganda quickly conclude whoever is found HIV positive must have acquired it through unprotected sex.
The army Court martial gave Koriang 14 days in which she must appeal the death sentence.
Weinformers Media