Masaka Police is contemplating on charging a prominent Catholic priest with murder charges, Ug Mirror reports.
Rev Fr Richard Mugisha of Bisanje Catholic Parish is likely to face murder charges together with Joseph Mutayomba the chairperson of the Bisanje Village.
They are facing murder charges for beating up Ronald Kyeyune, 30, who died a few hours later.
It is believed that on the night of October 13, at Bisanje Catholic Parish residence, the now deceased Kyeyune was arrested by the village security team after allegedly gaining entry into Fr Mugisha’s home through the roof on a mission to steal his car, a Toyota Harrier.
Eyewitnesses say on the fateful night, Kyeyune vandalised the priest’s car and hooted several times as he was inside seated naked with his whole body smeared with oil.
It is also said that he mimicked the priest such that the gateman would open for him to speed off with the car.
Eyewitnesses further said that the over hooting made people come to the priest’s residence to see what was happening.
Upon arrival, they surrounded the car and managed to apprehend Kyeyune and police was called in to take the suspect to custody.
According to Daily Monitor, Mr Muhammad Nsubuga, the southern regional police spokesperson, said by the time police rescued Kyeyune, he had no any injuries, but he later developed complications and died as he was being rushed to Masaka Regional Referral Hospital.
Fr Mugisha wondered why police preferred murder charges against him yet the suspect died in the hands of police.
“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,” he wondered.
It is worth noting that Fr Mugisha has been a critic of NRM and president Museveni.
In the past elections, he openly rallied for Ugandans especially in the greater Masaka to vote for change.