Suspected sponsor of Nagirinya murder held

Police have arrested a man suspected to be the sponsor who funded the murder of Maria Nagirinya and her driver Ronald Kitayimbwa.
Police declined to reveal the identity of the suspect, but said he was arrested on Sunday in Kampala.
By yesterday, the suspect was still being taken to different places in Rubaga Division for a search.

Police spokesperson Fred Enanga told journalists in Kampala yesterday that the suspect was revealed by four other suspects now on remand.
He said the suspects told police during interrogation that the arrested man is the one who paid them to kill Nagirinya and her driver.
“We want to corroborate his story with the facts we have on the file. We will be able to know whether he was working for another person or not,” Mr Enanga said.
Police declined to reveal details of the suspect, saying the matter was sensitive.

Nagirinya and Kitayimbwa were kidnapped by men in Lungujja, Rubaga Division in Kampala on the night of August 28.
The killers dumped the bodies in Mukono District and Nagirinya’s car was found abandoned.
The police have not yet established the motive of the killing.
The latest arrest brings the number of suspects in the twin murder to five. Some of the suspects were captured by CCTV cameras.

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Two more key suspects in the twin murder are still on the run but have been identified and are being pursued, police say

Charged
Last month, four suspects: Coporiyamu Kasolo alias Arsenal, a shoe hawker in Nateete, Johnson Lubega, of Kigaga Zone in Nateete, Nassif Kalyango and Hassan Kisekka both boda boda riders in Kitaka Zone in Nateete, appeared in court on charges of murder, kidnap and aggravated robbery. They were remanded to Luzira prison.
Police are also hunting two boda boda cyclists - one who allegedly spied at Nagirinya’s home and another who allegedly first went to the place, but pulled out of the mission for fear of the consequences.

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