A senior police officer at the rank of Superintendent of Police, Vincent Irama is in custody after the team investigating the murder of city lawyer, Ronnie Mukisa, 45 found out that the gun used in incident was hired out to the killers by him.
Irama is currently the Kampala Metropolitan North deputy police commander. He previously served as DPC in Jinja.
Mukisa who was working with IBC Advocates in Kampala was shot last month.
Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, said Monday that SP Irama was arrested by operatives from the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence and Crime Intelligence Directorate with enough evidence linked him to the shooting.
The plot
Investigations by security have uncovered that the deceased counsel was a business partner with Robert Karedu and his wife, Brenda Nalwoga and the three were known to each other.
Enanga says that after falling out over a deal gone bad, Karedu and his wife plotted to kill the lawyer.
Since the couple was so close to the senior police officer, he accepted to give out the gun for the mission.
Police say the couple hired Cpl. Max Geoffrey Anyuse, a UPDF deserter from the first battalion of the Mountain Division as the hitman having been given a gun by SP Irama.
“On the fateful day, he got a gun that was supplied to him by SP Irama. He trailed the victim up to his home and after parking vehicle and coming to close the gate, that is when he shot four bullets within two intervals which killed the victim,” Enanga said.
According to investigations, Anyuse called Nalwoga just after shooting down Mukisa at Kitiko Birongo in Ndejje division, Makindye Ssaabagabo in Wakiso district to inform her that the mission had been accomplished.
Before arresting Irama, the investigating team first arrested Karedu, his wife Nalwoga and Anyuse from their home Kulambiro in Kampala where two AK 47 magazines with 52 rounds of ammunition were recovered.
The team found out that eight bullets were missing from the two magazines and also recovered military uniforms.
In his statement, Anyuse admitted to using a gun supplied to him by SP Irama.
The team then stormed Kawempe from where they arrested the senior police officer and a search at his home led to recovery of a pistol and an AK47 with 30 rounds of ammunition.
“The team also found out that two bullets were newly replaced and we are still seeking accountability from him about this,” says Enanga.
He said the two guns and ammunition have been taken to forensic experts for examination but condemned the behaviour of the senior police officer that he declared as being rogue.
Describing the incident as a murder for hire conspiracy, Enanga noted that the hunt is still on for some remaining culprits whom he said have been identified and being tracked down as murder charges have been lined up against all those involved.
