Tanzania, July 11 -- Arusha. Despite claiming he was kidnapped while on his way to sell chickens at a market, held in a guesthouse and later framed in a drug trafficking case, James Luko has failed to overturn his life sentence.

The High Court's Morogoro Sub-Registry has dismissed his appeal against the conviction after finding that prosecution evidence proved he was found inside a shelter lying on top of six sacks containing 108 kilogrammes of cannabis.

In a ruling delivered on July 10, 2026, Judge Stephen Magoiga said there were no grounds to interfere with the decision of the Morogoro Resident Magistrate's Court, which convicted Luko and sentenced him to life imprisonment for trafficking narcotic drugs.

The court also dismissed Luko...