Police arrests suspected killer of a Rubaga Bodaboda cyclist

By Olivia Nabaggala

17^th July 2019

One of the suspects in the gruesome murder of a boda boda cyclist captured on a private CCTV camera that went viral on social media last month, has been arrested and confessed to the crime, police have said.

John Bosco Mugisha and his colleague Young Mulo murdered Derrick Mulindwa, a resident of Nabweru, Nansana Municipality on June 30, 2019,” at Kakyeka Mengo in Rubaga Division in Kampala according to the police statement released this afternoon.

Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango has confirmed to the press that one Mugisha alias Mukiga believed to be a frequent offender was arrested last night at Nsiike I, Rubaga Division, and Kampala after a tip off after he allegedly returned from Kabale, and he has been in and out of Luzira prisons.

Mugisha admits that he is the one in the video with his colleague called Young Mulo whom he says was killed by the mob on July 3, 2019 on suspicion that they had stolen a motor cycle.

He is currently detained at Katwe police station pending transfer to Old Kampala Police Station. Police said Mugisha will be charged with murder and aggravated robbery.

Meanwhile Police in Kibaale have picked up Godfrey Matovu as the prime suspect in the brutal killing of Richard Makumbi, a resident of Kamusenene village in Nyamarwa Sub County who was slaughtered on Sunday night and his body dumped along the roadside.

Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region police spokesperson, says the suspect was picked up because he threatened to end the deceased’s life the day he was killed over a long misunderstanding over a piece of land.