City businessman, wife arrested over shooting of motorist in parking lot

Kenneth Watmond Akena, a CDO from Aruu North county Pader District during his happy days. COURTESY PHOTO

What you need to know:

  • Mr Kaweesi added the two suspects were not found with any firearm upon arrest.
  • The suspects are being detained at Jinja Road Police Station as investigations continue.

City businessman and his wife were on Saturday evening arrested by police in Kampala in connection to the shooting of a Community Development Officer (CDO) for reportedly scratching their car while parking his at Game Stores in Kampala.
Kenneth Watmon Akena, a CDO from Aruu North County Pader District is said to have been shot in the stomach at Game Stores for knocking another car and died at Novik Hospital moments after he was admitted.

According to the police spokesperson Mr Andrew Felix Kaweesi, a city businessman, Mathew Kanyamunyu and his wife Cynthia Munwangari were arrested to help with the investigations.
“Before he died, Watmon said the two people (Kanyamunyu and Munwangari) who had rushed him to the hospital are the ones who shot him for scratching their car,” he said.
Mr Kaweesi added: “ The deceased said he was reversing in the parking lot when he knocked their car. And that he was shot in the stomach when he got out of his car to apologise,” added Kaweesi.

However, Mr Kaweesi said the two suspects were not found with any firearm upon arrest.
“Both cars had dents which confirmed the deceased’s assertion that he had knocked while reversing. However, we did not find the suspects with any gun. Our forensics officers have already started with the investigations,” Mr Kaweesi explained.
The suspects are being detained at Jinja Road Police Station as investigations continue.