Mufti demands probe report into killing of clerics

MBALE. The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Mubajje, has called upon the police to make public findings of investigations into murder of clerics by unknown gunmen.
“We are proposing to meet the Inspector General of Police over the issue. Investigations are carried out but we don’t get the findings yet our colleagues are dying,” Mufti Mubajje told mourners during the funeral of Sheikh Abdul Rashid Wafula in Mbale Town last Friday.
Sheikh Wafula, the Imam of Bilal Mosque in Mbale Town, and one of the founding directors of Nakaloke Islamic Primary and Secondary schools, was shot on Thursday by unknown assailants outside his home in Nakaloke, Mbale, as he returned from evening prayers at the nearby Buyemba Mosque.
Sheikh Wafula was shot five times in the chest by unknown assailants who trailed him and so far police have arrested four people, including the deceased’s brother, in connection with the crime.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Gen Kale Kayihura, said he would camp in Mbale District until the killers of Sheikh Wafula have been arrested and investigations completed.
Gen Kayihura said he will restore order in Mbale.
“All killers will be apprehended and prosecuted in courts of law. This lawlessness will cease in Mbale and country at large and I am determined to camp here until every investigation is complete,” said Gen Kayihura.
The IGP said he has deployed enough security personnel, including criminal investigators to work with local police officers.
“I was in Nairobi attending a security meeting when I received the call that another prominent sheikh had been killed. I rushed here…Sheikhs are being targeted by unknown gunmen and that is why we are proposing to give them security,” he said.

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