Masaka shooting: woman hands self to Police
THE teacher who is suspected to be the cause of the fight between former Mengo minister Mathias Mpuuga and Masaka internal auditor John Sempiira yesterday handed herself over to the Masaka Police.
By Ali Mambule
and Dismus Buregyeya
THE teacher who is suspected to be the cause of the fight between former Mengo minister Mathias Mpuuga and Masaka internal auditor John Sempiira yesterday handed herself over to the Masaka Police.
Harriet Ndagire, a teacher at Kaddugala Secondary School in Kalungu district, arrived at Masaka Police Station at about 10.00am yesterday. She was in the company of her father, Lauben Mulindwa.
Ndagire was interrogated for over nine hours and was only released at 8:00pm.
Sempiira confessed to shooting Mpuuga, a parliamentary candidate for Masaka Municipality, three times in the leg after he found him in a hotel room with Ndagire, his girlfriend.
Mulindwa, who is one of Mpuuga’s chief campaigners, told The New Vision that he suspects Sempiira is shielding the real culprits behind Mpuuga’s shooting.
He denied that his daughter Ndagire was found with Mpuuga in a hotel room as Sempiira alleged in his statement to the Police.
Mulindwa, a former deputy mayor of Masaka municipality, added that the relationship between Sempiira and Ndagire ended five months ago.
He said although Sempiira and Ndagire had a three-year-old daughter, communication between the two had ceased.
Mulindwa said he was with his daughter Ndagire over the weekend and they attended several wedding parties.
He added that Ndagire received a phone call from Mpuuga after midnight asking her to rescue him after he was shot. Mulindwa stressed that Mpuuga had been his family friend since 1994.
He added that it was not true that Sempiira and Ndagire assisted Mpuuga to go to hospital that night, adding that it was Ndagire who took Mpuuga to the hospital.
Mulindwa suspects that Sempiira might have given out his pistol to the assailant to accomplish the mission.
He wondered why Sempiira did not report to the Police if his claim that he found Mpuuga and Ndagire in the hotel room was genuine.
A Police source told New Vision that Police wanted Ndagire’s blood samples to compare with material found on the bedsheets recovered from the room where Mpuuga was shot.
The bed sheets were retained by the Police as evidence.
Ndagire will be retained as a Police witness.
and Dismus Buregyeya
THE teacher who is suspected to be the cause of the fight between former Mengo minister Mathias Mpuuga and Masaka internal auditor John Sempiira yesterday handed herself over to the Masaka Police.
Harriet Ndagire, a teacher at Kaddugala Secondary School in Kalungu district, arrived at Masaka Police Station at about 10.00am yesterday. She was in the company of her father, Lauben Mulindwa.
Ndagire was interrogated for over nine hours and was only released at 8:00pm.
Sempiira confessed to shooting Mpuuga, a parliamentary candidate for Masaka Municipality, three times in the leg after he found him in a hotel room with Ndagire, his girlfriend.
Mulindwa, who is one of Mpuuga’s chief campaigners, told The New Vision that he suspects Sempiira is shielding the real culprits behind Mpuuga’s shooting.
He denied that his daughter Ndagire was found with Mpuuga in a hotel room as Sempiira alleged in his statement to the Police.
Mulindwa, a former deputy mayor of Masaka municipality, added that the relationship between Sempiira and Ndagire ended five months ago.
He said although Sempiira and Ndagire had a three-year-old daughter, communication between the two had ceased.
Mulindwa said he was with his daughter Ndagire over the weekend and they attended several wedding parties.
He added that Ndagire received a phone call from Mpuuga after midnight asking her to rescue him after he was shot. Mulindwa stressed that Mpuuga had been his family friend since 1994.
He added that it was not true that Sempiira and Ndagire assisted Mpuuga to go to hospital that night, adding that it was Ndagire who took Mpuuga to the hospital.
Mulindwa suspects that Sempiira might have given out his pistol to the assailant to accomplish the mission.
He wondered why Sempiira did not report to the Police if his claim that he found Mpuuga and Ndagire in the hotel room was genuine.
A Police source told New Vision that Police wanted Ndagire’s blood samples to compare with material found on the bedsheets recovered from the room where Mpuuga was shot.
The bed sheets were retained by the Police as evidence.
Ndagire will be retained as a Police witness.