NUP Members of Parliament Hon. Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye West and Hon. Mohammed Ssegirinya of Kawempe North have been remanded to Kitalya Prisons until the 15th of this month over Masaka murders.
The two yesterday spent half of the day at Masaka District Police Headquarters recording Statements and interrogations.
Police says the pair was pinned by some of the suspects in custody to be the masterminds behind the vicious murders in Masaka that have left close to 30 people dead.
“The suspects in our admissions clearly indicate how they were recruited, taken through the intentionally designed plans in a meeting at Ndeeba, and create animosity against elderly victims, who do not share their views,” the statement by police reads in parts.
The statement adds that “the suspects were promised wealth as a motivating factor. And that it is under the command of the two politicians that the victims were hacked and beaten to death. It is further alleged that the politicians facilitated the movement of the assailants and induced them to commit the atrocities against their victims”.
Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga said the confessions by the machete gang members(Kijjambiyas) clearly indicate that the opposition NUP insitigated the killings in Masaka as one of their ways of “removing a dictator” by portraying that security has failed to protect people.
