The Police on Wednesday interrogated the family of Joseph Musoke, the man who said he burnt Kasubi tombs a fortnight ago, reports Francis Kagolo and Jeff Lule.

Sources said the Police also visited Musoke’s home in Ndejje, Makindye-Ssaabagabo, and collected some of his clothes.

The “exhibits” included a shirt and trousers which he reportedly wore the night he said he torched the renowned world heritage site.

The Police also picked Musoke’s medical forms from Butabika mental hospital where he had been admitted earlier.

A source said the detectives took the suspect along. “They were more than 10 policemen. They searched the house and took the clothes which Musoke showed them.”

The detectives also interrogated his sister, Nalongo Namiiro, for almost four hours. At some point Namiiro asked to end the interrogation, claiming she was sickly, but the detectives pushed on.

Namiiro confirmed having made a lengthy statement but declined to give details.

Earlier in the day, the Police took the suspect to the burnt Kasubi tombs to show them the point at which he entered the site.

Sources in Kasubi said the Police brought Musoke into the tombs amid tight security.

“They came with Musoke on a double-cabin vehicle, accompanied with three other vehicles, at around 10:00am. Armed policemen cordoned off the place, blocking other people from accessing the premises. After 30 minutes, they drove off,” a source said. A detective, on conditions of anonymity, revealed that on entering the tombs, Musoke became quiet, despite Police efforts to force him demonstrate how he carried out his plan. Musoke later made inconsistent accounts.

The criminal investigations deputy chief, Moses Sakira, said they were still investigating and would not give details.

He said the self-confessed arsonist was still under Police custody, without giving details. Sakira stressed that Musoke was barred from receiving visitors.

“This is a very sensitive case which we cannot take lightly. We have to protect our suspect until we get what we want,” he said.

Meanwhile, Musoke’s wife, Harriet, yesterday complained that the Police were denying her access to her husband. “I went to Central Police Station and Old Kampala Police Station and failed to see him. I was told to go to Kibuli CID headquarters but still I failed to see him,” the woman lamented. “I need to know his condition. I do not know whether he gets food.”

Musoke, a witchdoctor-turned-Catholic, walked into CPS this week and reportedly regretted setting fire to the tombs.

He claimed he committed the offence after he had a vision in which the Holy Spirit told him that the items in the tombs were satanic and, therefore, the cause of Uganda’s problems.