PREVIOUS CONVICTION MR. SEMALEMBA: My Lord we have no record of the previous conviction of the convict. COURT: You have now been found guilty of the offence of rape contrary to section 121 and punishable with up to life imprisonment under section 122 of the Criminal Code. Before sentence is passed on you, do you or counsel on your behalf have anything to say in mitigation? ALLOCUTUS MRS. GBUJI: My Lord the Convict is a first time offender. He has been in custody since August 2011. He has shown sufficient remorse throughout this trial. He is 41 years old and a responsible family man who has been taking care of his aged mother as well as the entire family of the prosecutrix. We urge the Court to invoke section 29 (2) and (3) of the Criminal Code to impose a shorter term instead of the maximum term required by law. We refer the Court to the case of NYABALLY v. THE STATE. We pray the Court to temper justice with mercy. CONVICT: I beg for a leniency. I am a family man with a wife and four children. They will all suffer if I am sentenced to life. I beg for a shorter sentence. 9