Lover summoned over candidate shooting
Dec 13, 2010
THE Police have summoned a teacher, Harriet Ndagire, over the shooting of the Masaka Municipality parliamentary candidate in a hotel in Masaka town.
By Dismus Buregyeya
THE Police have summoned a teacher, Harriet Ndagire, over the shooting of the Masaka Municipality parliamentary candidate in a hotel in Masaka town.
Masaka district CID chief Taban Chiriga said they want Ndagire to give her story and ascertain whether she was in the hotel room when Mathias Mpuuga was shot.
The Police said John Sempiira, a senior auditor in the Masaka municipal council, had confessed that he shot Mpuuga. He was detained soon after his confession.
Chiriga told a press conference that the conflict between Mpuuga and Ssempiira was over Ndagire, a teacher at Kadugala Senior Secondary School.
“We have learnt that some people believe that the case is political and yet the shooting came as a result of Ssempiira finding his girlfriend Harriet in a hotel room with Mpuuga,†he said.
According to Mpuuga, he only called Ndagire on his mobile phone to assist him after he was shot. But Ndagire has not been seen since then.
Her car, a Toyota Nadia UAP 086A, was parked at Gapco fuel station opposite Ambiance Discotheque on Masaka-Kampala road on Sunday.
Ndagire is a resident of Nyendo, a suburb of Masaka town. She is a daughter to former Masaka mayor Reuben Mulindwa, who is among the chief campaigners of Mpuuga.
Mpuuga, who is vying for the Masaka Municipality MP seat on independent ticket, was shot on Saturday night at Hotel La Nova.
Mpuuga, a former Mengo minister for youth, was shot three times in the right thigh during a struggle in which Sempiira tried to force his way into the hotel room.
The Police have impounded Sempiira’s pistol.
Mpuuga’s political camp in Masaka has accused the Police of bias.
The Ssuubi political pressure group spokesman in the region, Henry Busulwa, said the Police was friendly to the Masaka Municipality MP, John Baptist Kawanga, who is Mpuuga’s main opponent for the seat.
“It is strange that the chief campaigners of Kawanga were part of the press conference convened by the Police. How can we trust the Police investigations,†he said.
Mpuuga’s campaign manager, Michael Mulindwa, said the Police should have picked interest in the political threats against Mpuuga.
“Mpuuga had been politically threatened since Friday. We raised that matter before the Police but they ignored it,†he said.
The Masaka municipal council speaker, Denis Majwala, said he was glad that the matter had finally been cleared of any political links.
Others in the MP race are Francis Kizza (NRM), Susan Nakawuki (Independent) and Sande Mutesasira (Independent).
THE Police have summoned a teacher, Harriet Ndagire, over the shooting of the Masaka Municipality parliamentary candidate in a hotel in Masaka town.
Masaka district CID chief Taban Chiriga said they want Ndagire to give her story and ascertain whether she was in the hotel room when Mathias Mpuuga was shot.
The Police said John Sempiira, a senior auditor in the Masaka municipal council, had confessed that he shot Mpuuga. He was detained soon after his confession.
Chiriga told a press conference that the conflict between Mpuuga and Ssempiira was over Ndagire, a teacher at Kadugala Senior Secondary School.
“We have learnt that some people believe that the case is political and yet the shooting came as a result of Ssempiira finding his girlfriend Harriet in a hotel room with Mpuuga,†he said.
According to Mpuuga, he only called Ndagire on his mobile phone to assist him after he was shot. But Ndagire has not been seen since then.
Her car, a Toyota Nadia UAP 086A, was parked at Gapco fuel station opposite Ambiance Discotheque on Masaka-Kampala road on Sunday.
Ndagire is a resident of Nyendo, a suburb of Masaka town. She is a daughter to former Masaka mayor Reuben Mulindwa, who is among the chief campaigners of Mpuuga.
Mpuuga, who is vying for the Masaka Municipality MP seat on independent ticket, was shot on Saturday night at Hotel La Nova.
Mpuuga, a former Mengo minister for youth, was shot three times in the right thigh during a struggle in which Sempiira tried to force his way into the hotel room.
The Police have impounded Sempiira’s pistol.
Mpuuga’s political camp in Masaka has accused the Police of bias.
The Ssuubi political pressure group spokesman in the region, Henry Busulwa, said the Police was friendly to the Masaka Municipality MP, John Baptist Kawanga, who is Mpuuga’s main opponent for the seat.
“It is strange that the chief campaigners of Kawanga were part of the press conference convened by the Police. How can we trust the Police investigations,†he said.
Mpuuga’s campaign manager, Michael Mulindwa, said the Police should have picked interest in the political threats against Mpuuga.
“Mpuuga had been politically threatened since Friday. We raised that matter before the Police but they ignored it,†he said.
The Masaka municipal council speaker, Denis Majwala, said he was glad that the matter had finally been cleared of any political links.
Others in the MP race are Francis Kizza (NRM), Susan Nakawuki (Independent) and Sande Mutesasira (Independent).