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Who wanted Lira RCC Mwase dead?

Detectives suspected that Mwase had not been killed at the scene. The working theory? He was murdered elsewhere — likely in Bugweri, where he had been attending a political meeting — then transported in the Sienta and disposed of by the roadside under cover of night. 

Murdered RCC Mwase (Pictured) had no political ambitions in his home district, sources say. But he was deeply involved in grassroots mobilisation for Wandera, a political ally aiming to unseat longtime Bugweri county legislator Abdu Katuntu.
By: Stuart Yiga, Journalists @New Vision


In the early hours of May 11, the body of Karim Mwase — Lira’s assistant resident city commissioner (RCC) — was found dumped by the roadside, along the

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