The Makindye court martial sentenced Hamza Lyavaala and Adiil Walusansa to death on two murder counts.

The death sentences are the judgment on the two counts the court said those two men pleaded guilty to. Fourteen days is the appeal window Monitor printed. New Vision and Nile Post printed a right to appeal and did not print the number. Lt. Col. Ephraim Byaruhanga is not part of this sentence. Monitor said he maintains his innocence and will be tried separately. New Vision said the two men had pleaded guilty, changed to not guilty, and pleaded guilty again. The plea the court sentenced is the one that was in front of it on Wednesday.

Daily Monitor, by Juliet Kigongo, in a story dated Wednesday, November 04, 2026, reported that the General Court Martial sitting at Makindye sentenced two former military informers to death after convicting them on their own pleas of guilty. It spelled the names Hamza Lyavaala and Adiil Walusansa and called the chairman Brig Richard Tukacungurwa, with no period after Brig and no general. New Vision, by Barbra Kabahumuza, reported that on November 4, 2026, the same court sentenced Hamza Lyavaala and Adil Walusansa, and it called the chair Brig. Gen. Richard Tukacungurwa. Adiil and Adil are not the same spelling. Brig and Brig. Gen. are not the same rank line. Nile Post, by Kenneth Kazibwe, dated Wednesday, November 4, 2026, spelled them Hamza Lyavala and Hamid Walusansa, then quoted the chair sentencing "Lyavaala Hamuza and Hamid Walusansa." Lyavala, Lyavaala, and Hamuza are three forms of the first name on Nile Post's pages. A second Nile Post story the same day, the same byline, calls the second man Adil Walusansa in its account of Kalerwe. Hamid and Adil are not the same name. NTV Uganda, by Joseph Tumwesigye, spelled him Hadil Walusansa. Hadil, Hamid, Adil, and Adiil are four spellings of that name. When NTV's page was fetched it said last updated 5 hours ago and did not print a clock or the chair's name. Monitor quoted the chair: "I therefore sentence both of you to suffer death as authorised by law." New Vision printed the same sentence with a comma after I. Nile Post printed a different sentence: "This court therefore sentences you, Lyavaala Hamuza and Hamid Walusansa, to suffer death for the two offences of murder."

Monitor said the two counts arise from the deaths of Sumayiya Byaruhanga near the Munyonyo Catholic Shrine and Azatu Sawiya at Kalerwe Market in June 2025. New Vision spelled her Sumaya Byaruhanga and said an explosive strapped to her body detonated at Munyonyo during the 2025 Martyrs Day celebrations. It spelled the second name Sawiya Azatu and said she died at Kalerwe Market. Sumayiya and Sumaya are not the same spelling. Azatu Sawiya and Sawiya Azatu are not the same order. NTV used Sumayiya Byaruhanga and Azatu Sawiya, placed the first death on June 3, 2025, at Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine, and placed the second on June 21, 2026, at Kalerwe Market. Nile Post's second story used Sumaya Byaruhanga and Azatu Sawiya, June 3, 2025, and June 21, 2025. June 21, 2026, on NTV, and June 21, 2025, on Nile Post, are not the same year. Monitor did not print June 21. It said Azatu was equipped with fake explosive devices about three weeks after Munyonyo and was shot dead by Joint Anti-Terrorism Taskforce operatives at Kalerwe. Nile Post's second story also said Azatu Sawiya was shot and killed after she received an explosive. New Vision said she died at Kalerwe and did not print that she was shot. Catholic Shrine, on Monitor, and Martyrs Shrine, on NTV, are not the same name for the place. Monitor quoted the chair that the convicts transported Sumayiya from Busoga, rented a house, and gave her bombs. New Vision said the victims, plural, were transported from Busoga. Nile Post's second story said the men rented houses and bought clothes. A house, and houses, are not the same count.

Monitor said lead prosecutor Lt Nanzaala asked for the maximum sentence and cited Lyavaala's Allied Democratic Forces ties, recruitment in 2014 and re-arrest in 2022, and said Walusansa had no recorded previous criminal history. New Vision said the prosecution team was led by Lt. Regina Nanzala, printed the same 2014 recruitment and 2022 arrest, and said the state had no known criminal record for Walusansa. Nile Post's second story said army prosecutors were led by Col Raphael Mugisha and that the chair treated both men as first-time offenders. Lt Nanzaala, Lt. Regina Nanzala, and Col Raphael Mugisha are not the same name and not the same rank. A 2022 arrest, on Monitor and New Vision, and first-time offenders, on Nile Post, are not the same record. Monitor named defense counsel Frank Kanduho and Maj Simon Nsubuga Busagwa. Nile Post's second story named Maj Simon Nsubuga Busagwa and did not print Kanduho. New Vision did not print a defense lawyer's name. Monitor and New Vision both reported the defense told the court that Lyavaala has four wives and six children and that Walusansa has three wives and seven children. Those children are not named in either account, and they are not named here. Nile Post's pages fetched here do not print those counts. New Vision reported the two initially pleaded guilty, later changed the plea to not guilty, and later pleaded guilty again. Monitor reported a guilty plea and said the defense emphasized that changing their pleas saved time. Nile Post reported guilty pleas and did not print the change to not guilty. A plea that moved, and a plea described only as guilty, are not the same history. The plea the court sentenced on Wednesday is the guilty plea.

Monitor said the court told the convicts they could appeal the judgment within 14 days, and that co-accused Lt Col Byaruhanga maintained his innocence and will be tried separately. In Lyavaala's quoted words on that page he is "Lt Byaruhanga," without Col. Lt and Lt Col are not the same rank. New Vision said the two were jointly charged with Lt. Col. Ephraim Byaruhanga and said the court informed them of a right to appeal against the sentence. It did not print 14 days, and it did not print that he maintains his innocence. Nile Post's second story said they coordinated with Lt. Col. Ephraim Byaruhanga, "who is still facing related charges," and that they were told of a right to appeal. It did not print 14 days or a separate trial date. Ephraim is on New Vision and on Nile Post's second story. It is not in Monitor's story. NTV did not mention him or an appeal. A related charge still facing him is not this death sentence. Monitor also reported a meeting at Goers Gardens in Namulanda with Lt Col Ephraim Byaruhanga, Maj Otto, and Maj Rugumayo. Those names and that place are Monitor's. They are not in the New Vision, Nile Post, or NTV text read here. The two death sentences are the judgment on the counts the court said those two men admitted. Byaruhanga's case is not that judgment. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.