Dr Kiyingi linked to murder of Sheikhs
Government says it has evidence linking Australian cardiologist Dr Aggrey Kiyingi (pictured) to the murder of two Muslim clerics. File photo
Kampala. Government says it has evidence linking Australian cardiologist Dr Aggrey Kiyingi to the murder of two Muslim clerics.
According to documents presented to Nakawa Magistrates Court on Tuesday, committing suspects in the murders for trial in the High Court, the Director of Public prosecutions, Mr Mike Chibita, said he had enough evidence on Dr Kiyingi’s role in the murder of the two Muslim leaders; Sheikh Mustafah Bahiga and Sheikh Abdul Kadri Muwaya.
Recruiting rebels
According to the documents handed over to court by Ms Anne Ntimba Kairu, the State Prosecutor, Dr Kiyingi through his Federal Alliance rebel group recruited and offered logistical support to former ADF rebels. The state says the hired hit-men murdered the two clerics.
The DPP said he had proof that Dr Kiyingi was exploiting the differences between Muslim groups to accomplish his mission. This he did, the documents say, to cause hatred against the NRM government with the aim of contesting for presidency in 2016.
It is reported that Dr Kiyingi in the year 2009 formed a rebel group known as Federal Alliance. It’s also alleged that in 2013 he contacted Sheikh Moody Bukenya and a one Hakim Kinene Muswaswa, both suspects in this case to assist him recruit people and former ADF rebels for training and for purposes of engaging in terrorism activities in the city center.
The State adds that in April 2014 the group travelled to Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam where they met with Dr Kiyingi and discussed the modalities of committing terrorist attacks. Dr Kiyingi, the state says, used to send money through Western Union to his sister-in-law Ms Aisha Nakasibante, also a suspect in the case.
