DP claims 20 political murders in Mukono

DP claims 20 political murders in Mukono.

More than 20 people have been murdered in Mukono North Constituency in the past four months with the opposition DP claiming that the spate of killings is targeting its members.
DP President General, Norbert Mao, told The Observer in a phone interview last week that the murders are politically motivated.
“These murders are intended to intimidate the electorate. During the by-election, the Residential District Commissioner of Mukono, Maj. David Matovu, clearly stated that if people vote for DP’s Betty Nambooze, the district will be unstable, which is the case now. This statement was a clear and direct threat to people’s lives,” he said.
He added that the murders are intended to punish the electorate in Mukono for rejecting NRM’s candidate, Peter Bakaluba Mukasa.
Mukasa Mbidde, the DP Legal Advisor, said the murders are conducted by professional people. Calling for an investigation, he said the victims are mainly Baganda and staunch DP supporters.
A list of the victims that DP says are its members include Reagan Amanya of Bugoba zone, Moses Lubulwa of Ntinda in Seeta, Moses Muhumuza of Baggala zone in Seeta, Sekitoleko Segawa of Namyoya in Seeta, Nsubuga ( a former worker of UMEME) and a resident of Seeta, Peter Ntetuliye and Denis Ssenkumba of Bajjo in Seeta.
Others are Segujja of Kiwanga, Fred Sebufu of Nabuta, Munana Njini of Jjogo, one Julius of Seeta, Jackson Mukwaba of Gwaffu, John Nkugwa of Kiwango-Namwezi, Amos Kawoya of Nyanja in Bukerere, Senfuma of Nasuuti in Mukono, Nalongo Najjuma of Kikooza in Mukono, Baker Ekayu (student Kyambogo University) and resident of Wantoni in Mukono, and Dickson Sentongo, a journalist with Spirit FM who was killed in Natabulirwa.
DP also names Kajubi of Nabuti in Mukono, Mustafah Ssali of Kiwanga, Senfuka of Nabuti, Elias Musanje of Kigombya in Mukono, Kasumba of Nasuuti, Babirye Nazziwa and Grace Bizibu of Butebe zone in Mukono.
In a security meeting held at Nantabulirwa village on September 22, residents accused security agents of complicity in the murders. The district Zonal Intelligence Officer, Maj. Segujja, and area MP Betty Nambooze attended the meeting.
“These cadres used to warn Dickson Sentongo that he would be killed like a simple mosquito. It is a fact that some of us heard him screaming for help that fateful night as he mentioned the names of those who murdered him,” said Sheik Ibrahim Busulwa, a resident.
The residents claimed that Sentongo’s killers wore Police and military camouflage.