One of the eight men convicted on Thursday for carrying out the 2010 Kampala twin bombings at Kyadondo and Kabalagala that killed at least 76 people who were watching the World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands has been sentenced to one year of community service.

The trial judge Alfonse Owiny-Dollo sentenced Muzafar Luyima, who was found guilty of being an accessory to the crime, to two days of community service for a period of one year, after spending six years on remand in Luzira prison.

On Thursday, the judge convicted three Ugandan brothers Issa Ahmed Luyima, found to be the mastermind, Hassan Haruna Luyima, and Muzafar Luyima along with two Kenyan brothers Idris Magondu alias Christopher Magondu, and Habib Suleiman Njoroge for terrorism, murder and attempted murder. Others were Tanzania national Selemani Hijar Nyamandondo, Hussein Hassan Agad aka Hussein Agade, and Mohamed Ali Mohamed.

However, the judge acquitted five of the 13 suspects for lack of sufficient evidence to link them to the terror attacks at Kyaddondo Rugby Club in Lugogo and Ethiopian Village Restaurant in Kabalagala.

“It clearly manifest that they all prosecuted their criminal purpose knowingly and with determination. It does not matter that ultimately only prosecution witness two (Edris Nsubuga) and the suicide bombers detonated the bombers that caused the deaths and injuries to many. The convicts all played a part either in the planning, surveillance, delivery of the lethal explosives or actual detonation,” ruled Justice Owiny-Dollo on Thursday.

“They all knew that the deadly attacks would be executed on Uganda soil and this came to pass with the heart-rending consequences we now know resulted there from. The seemingly separate actions were in fact joint and coordinated and led to ultimately to the disastrous deeds. They pursued the enterprise as a common purpose which they did and achieved and for which they have stood trial and been found guilty,” he added.

According to the Anti-Terrorism Act under which they were charged, those convicted of terrorism and murder are liable to a death sentence although court also has the discretion to hand them a jail term for a number of years as it deems appropriate.

However, for Muzafar, who was charged with being an accessory to the crime, was liable to a maximum sentence of up to three years in jail.

Those who were acquitted of terrorism, murder and attempted murder are: Omar Awadh Omar, Muhammed Hamid Suleiman, Yahya Suleiman Mbuthia, Batematyo Abubakari, and Dr Ismail Kalule.

The judge adjourned the trial to 3pm (1200 GMT) when he will sentence the other seven convicts.