Ritual murder probe team launched
Feb 25, 2009
A 15-member team has been inaugurated by the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, to probe human sacrifice cases.
By Herbert Ssempogo
A 15-member team has been inaugurated by the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, to probe human sacrifice cases.
The two-hour function was held at the Police headquarters on Parliament Avenue in Kampala on Monday.
The ceremony follows the bizarre occurrences, which have claimed lives of mainly children.
Led by the Assistant Inspector of Police, Moses Binoga, the team comprises of the Police, education and gender ministries and immigration officials.
According to the Criminal Investigation Directorate spokesperson, Fred Enanga, Kayihura appealed to the team to use the proactive approach to solve the tragic incidents. Under the approach, detectives deter criminals before they commit a crime.
Kayihura, according to Enanga, demanded that investigations be intelligence-based as opposed to reacting after incidents.
The Police boss appealed to the team to work together to combat the ritual killings, he said.
The inauguration comes a fortnight after the slaying of an unidentified woman, whose remains were recovered from a pit latrine and swamp in Bwaise, a city suburb.
Musa Bogere, a traditional healer, who was arrested in connection with the woman’s death, died moments after he was taken to the Police station.
Another incident Binoga’s team is investigating occurred in Soroti district in eastern Uganda, where Esther Among, a student, was murdered. The girl’s boyfriend, Nelson Ochana, was arrested last week over the incident.
Describing him as a prime suspect, Binoga said Ochana confessed to being with Among on the day she was killed.
On Monday, Mary Najjingo, a 16-year-old girl, was butchered in Nkooko in western Uganda.
Late last year, the most prominent case was that in which 12-year-old Joseph Kasirye was beheaded.
A couple, Mariam Nabukeera and Umar Kateregga are on trial in Masaka district over the tragedy.
A Kampala businessman, Kato Kajubi, is also on trial allegedly for having paid for the boy’s head.
A 15-member team has been inaugurated by the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, to probe human sacrifice cases.
The two-hour function was held at the Police headquarters on Parliament Avenue in Kampala on Monday.
The ceremony follows the bizarre occurrences, which have claimed lives of mainly children.
Led by the Assistant Inspector of Police, Moses Binoga, the team comprises of the Police, education and gender ministries and immigration officials.
According to the Criminal Investigation Directorate spokesperson, Fred Enanga, Kayihura appealed to the team to use the proactive approach to solve the tragic incidents. Under the approach, detectives deter criminals before they commit a crime.
Kayihura, according to Enanga, demanded that investigations be intelligence-based as opposed to reacting after incidents.
The Police boss appealed to the team to work together to combat the ritual killings, he said.
The inauguration comes a fortnight after the slaying of an unidentified woman, whose remains were recovered from a pit latrine and swamp in Bwaise, a city suburb.
Musa Bogere, a traditional healer, who was arrested in connection with the woman’s death, died moments after he was taken to the Police station.
Another incident Binoga’s team is investigating occurred in Soroti district in eastern Uganda, where Esther Among, a student, was murdered. The girl’s boyfriend, Nelson Ochana, was arrested last week over the incident.
Describing him as a prime suspect, Binoga said Ochana confessed to being with Among on the day she was killed.
On Monday, Mary Najjingo, a 16-year-old girl, was butchered in Nkooko in western Uganda.
Late last year, the most prominent case was that in which 12-year-old Joseph Kasirye was beheaded.
A couple, Mariam Nabukeera and Umar Kateregga are on trial in Masaka district over the tragedy.
A Kampala businessman, Kato Kajubi, is also on trial allegedly for having paid for the boy’s head.