Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nixon Agasirwe Karuhanga, former Commandant of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), has been remanded on charges of murdering Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, Joan Kagezi Namazzi. Agasirwe was on Monday arraigned before the Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court, presided over by …
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What this means for former IGP Kayihura ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | The arrest of Nixon Agasirwe, former commander of the Uganda Police Special Operations Unit, has opened a trail that leads to his long-time boss, the former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Gen. Kale Kayihura—placing the retired general in the …
Read More »KISEKKA: Person who ordered Kagezi killing was driving a Govt vehicle
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Daniel Kisekka Kiwanuka, a man who was convicted of the murder of Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Kagezi Namazzi, has revealed that the person who hired them to kill Kagezi was driving a government vehicle. Kisekka was sentenced to 35 years in prison …
Read More »Joan Kagezi case: UPDF deserter convicted, sentenced to 35 years in jail for murder
Kisekka was convicted on Monday following his own guilty plea to the charge of murder, under a plea bargain agreement with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The state was represented by Assistant DPP Thomas Jatiko and Chief State Attorney Jacqueline Okui. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | …
Read More »POLICE: We know who paid Kagezi’s killers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Head of the Criminal Investigations Department of Police, Major Tom Magambo has revealed that they have what he describes as “very good leads” to who paid the killers of former Senior State Attorney Joan Kagezi Namazzi. Assassins gunned down Joan Kagezi nine years ago. …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Kagezi murder suspects arrested, due in court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Key suspects in the murder of Justice Joan Kagezi have been arrested. The DPP Jane Frances Abodo has sanctioned charges of terrorism and murder against four key suspects that were involved in killing the Late Joan Kagezi, who was a Senior Assistant DPP/Head, in 2015. …
Read More »‘High profile’ case prosecutor killed
By Joan Akello Last night, Senior Principal State Attorney Joan Kagezi was shot dead. Twice. In the neck and head. But some reports say twice in the neck. According to Kampala Metropolitan Spokesperson Patrick Onyango, she was killed by assailants who trailed the car Number plates were in using a …
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