Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has blamed the brutal murder of blogger, Ibrahim Tusuubira alias Isma Olaxes Jajja Ichuli on what he called “pigs.”
The president’s remarks are contained in a condolence message tweeted on Monday afternoon, in which he vowed to punish those responsible.
“I condemn and treat with contempt the killing of this Ugandan by some pigs. It is pigs that believe in using guns against unarmed opponents. NRM enjoys defeating unarmed opponents with counter- arguments,” reads part of Museveni’s long tweet.
He adds, “Killing critics shows that your position is false and you cannot out- argue an opponent. Why kill him if he is wrong and you are right? Killers are fake thinkers. They stand on false positions. Anyway, I can assure Ugandans that this criminal will be traced and punished.”
The blogger whose work divided opinion, was gunned down on Saturday evening as he entered his home in Kyanja, a suburb on the outskirts of Uganda’s capital, Kampala.
His driver who was with him at the time, escaped unharmed.
Isma was laid to rest at his ancestral home in Nkokonjeru, Mukono District on Sunday afternoon.
In his tweet, the president made reference to the spate of machete murders in Masaka, saying those who took the life of Isma will face the same fate.
“Do you remember the Bijambiya in Masaka? Most of those suspected killers are in the courts of law today. Do you remember the Kiddawalime group? Most of them are either dead or in prison. Kiddawalime himself was among the dead,” Museveni warned before adding, “The NRM, NRA, FRONASA, UPDF only kill people in combat. We never use assassination or killing captives or prisoners.”
An investigation by the police into the incident is already underway with three peo
