Crime

BIG STORY: Muslim Clerics Arrested, Remmanded Over Gen. Katumba Assassination Attempt

Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has remanded two people have been remanded to Kitalya prison for allegedly murdering Works and Transport Minister, Gen Katumba Wamala’s daughter and driver.

Hussein Ismael Sserubula alias Imam Muto, a Boda Boda rider and a resident of Nakuwadde, Bulenga in Wakiso District, and Sheik Yusuf Nyanzi Siraji, a herbalist and a resident of Kyanja village, Nakawa Division in Kampala District, appeared before the court on Monday.

Magistrate Dr Douglas Singiza Karekona charged them with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder of Gen Katumba.

Prosecutions states that the two accused persons and others still at large on June 1, 2021, at Kisaasi Central Zone in Kampala District murdered Brenda Nantongo and Sgt Haruna Kayondo along Kisota Road in Kisaasi.

Gen Katumba, on the other hand, survived the assassination attempt with gunshot injuries.

State Attorney Barbara Kyomugisha said investigations into the matter are still ongoing.

The suspects were remanded up to August 3, 2021, when they will return to court for further mention of the case.

One of the accused persons Yusuf Nyanzi who was re-arrested on June 16, 2021, has today been arraigned in court for allegedly murdering now a seventh person.

He is accused of murdering Maj Muhammad Kiggundu and his bodyguard Sgt Steven Mukasa, Andrew Felix Kaweesi and his driver Godfrey Mambewa and bodyguard Kenneth Erau.

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