Initially, the suspects had suggested using gunmen to kill the chairperson, but Kakyenyere paid out sh2m out of the sh4m for Ssebyala's gruesome murder. Later, Police found Ssebyala's body half-buried in a swamp near Wabuloolo village tied with nylon ropes, the eyes had been gouged out, the neck was deeply slit, and the face had multiple cuts on it, packed in a sack.