By Kabuye Ronald
Nakawa Chief Magistrate Dr Douglas Singiza Karekona has remanded the suspected assailants of General Edward Katumba Wamala, his daughter and driver to Kitalya prison.
The remanded suspects are 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, have been charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.
The state alleges that the accused and others still at large on June 1, 2021, at Kisaasi Central Zone in Kampala District murdered Brenda Nantongo and Sgt Haruna Kayondo and also attempted to murder the works and transport minister and former chief of defense forces Gen. Katumba Wamala and his bodyguard Sgt Khalid Koboyoit along Kisota Road in Kisaasi, Nakawa Divison, Kampala.
The State Attorney Barbara Kyomugisha asked court for more time since the investigations into the matter are still ongoing hence the remand of the accused to 3rd, August, 2021 for further mention of the matter since it can only be heard by the High court.
