By Editorial
Justice Margaret Mutonyi has acquitted Abubaker for the double murders of former Buyende District Police Boss ASP Muhammad Kirumira and his friend, Resty Nalinya Mbabazi.
Justice Mutonyi acquitted Kalungi after the prosecution failed to prove his participation in the murders that took place on September 8, 2018, in Bulenga Wakiso district.
Kalungi was arrested from the Buliisa district in September 2018 and charged with the murders along with Hamza Mwebe.
The prosecution alleged that Kalungi was hired by Hamza Mwebe and Abdu Kateregga to trail Kirumira and inform them of his whereabouts.
It was alleged that on a fateful day, Kalungi informed Mwebe and Kateregga of where Kirumira was, and the two came riding on motorcycles and shot Kirumira and Nalinya, who were seated in Kirumira’s car.
In December 2022, the court acquitted Mwebe while Kateregga was killed by security agents, leaving Kalungi as the only suspect in the case. END