On Thursday, the Ntoroko District acting National Resistance Movement (NRM) party chairman Japeth Kabagambe was reportedly kidnapped and killed. His body was dumped near River Mpanga at the border between Kamwenge and Ibanda districts.
Residents
of Ntoroko district have demanded detailed reports into the killings of District
NRM Chairpersons.
On
Thursday, the Ntoroko District acting National Resistance Movement (NRM) party
chairman Japeth Kabagambe was reportedly kidnapped and killed. His body was dumped
near River Mpanga at the border between Kamwenge and Ibanda districts.
Kabagambe
was allegedly kidnapped outside Centenary Bank, Fort Portal branch by unknown
people as he was waiting for his friend to withdraw some money.
In
2019, Vincent Mugume, the National Resistance Movement- NRM District
Chairperson was hacked to death by unknown people at Kandito Village, Karugutu
Town Council. He was travelling together with an unidentified Boda Boda cyclist
who was also killed.
On Tuesday, angry mourners attending Kabagambe’s burial at Ngeege village Bweramule
Sub County demanded answers on the progress of investigations into the two killings.
Kahuma
Mugarra, a member of the NRM party accused the police of laxity in
investigating the two murder cases. Kahuma says that members of the family and NRM
party leaders in the district have waited for the report on the murder of
Mugume in vain.
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The
Ntoroko LCV Chairperson William Kasoro asked the police to make use of the
Closed Circuit Cameras in Fort Portal to trace the killers.
Lameck Kigozi, the Rwenzori West Police Commander said that police is
determined to conduct thorough investigations into the death of Kabagambe. He
says that the police have clues that will lead to the arrest of the suspects.
On the death of Mugume, Kigozi said that three people had been arrested and the
key suspect is still at large.
Kigozi
also said that CCTV cameras in Fort Portal were faulty on the day Kabagambe was
kidnapped.
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Chris
Bayromunsi the Minister of ICT and National Guidance told mourners that a team from
Kampala has been dispatched to investigate the killings.
