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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Masaka City have preferred murder charges against a prominent Catholic priest.<\/p>\n

According to the charge sheet, on the night of October 13 at Bisanje Catholic Parish, Rev Fr Richard Mugisha with Joseph Mutayomba beat up Ronald Kyeyune, 30, who died a few hours later.<\/p>\n

The suspected robber reportedly broke into Fr Mugisha\u2019s residence located at Bisanje Catholic Parish.<\/p>\n

Kyeyune, according to eyewitnesses, was arrested by the village security team after allegedly gaining entry into Fr Mugisha\u2019s home through the roof on a mission to steal his car, a Toyota Harrier.<\/p>\n

Mr Joseph Mutayomba, the chairperson of the Bisanje Village, who is also facing murder charges, said his team was near Fr Mugisha\u2019s home at the time of the incident and when they heard a car hooting several times, they became suspicious and rushed to the scene.<\/p>\n

“Upon entering the gate, we surrounded Fr Mugisha\u2019s car and when we checked in, we found a naked man in the back seat and had smeared himself with motor vehicle oil all over his body,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Mutayomba said they managed to overpower Kyeyune and tied him with a rope before calling the police. \u201cIt is not true that the suspect was flogged to death because he was taken by the police when he was still alive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In an earlier interview, Mr Muhammad Nsubuga, the southern regional police spokesperson, said by the time police rescued Kyeyune, he didn’t have any injuries, but he later developed complications and died as he was being rushed to Masaka Regional Referral Hospital.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Daily Monitor on Friday, Fr Mugisha wondered why police preferred murder charges against him yet the suspect died in the hands of police.<\/p>\n

“Why did police prefer murder charges against me when I was the last person to reach the crime scene? I did not kill anyone, by the way, I would be the one complaining because the windscreen of my vehicle was vandalised,\u201d he wondered.<\/p>\n

He questioned the motive of the attacker, saying he started the engine of his car and also hooted several times.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am still asking myself why that man (Kyeyune) hooted several times, did he want me to move out of my bedroom so that he kills me? Why did he mimic my voice to call our house help to open the gate? It seems he had a hidden agenda,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Although Fr Mugisha was summoned to report to Masaka Central Police Station on Friday, he instead sent his lawyer Mr Alexander Lule.<\/p>\n

Mr Lule said police had extended his client\u2019s bond to October 21.<\/p>\n

Mr Nsubuga said they are waiting for a post mortem report to come out to confirm the cause of Kyeyune\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

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