Sheikh Ibrahim Hassan Kirya

Parliament mourned the death of Sheikh Ibrahim Hassan Kirya who was on Tuesday night shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Bweyogerere. A moment of silence was held in parliament in mourning the death Sheikh Ibrahim Hassan Kirya after the Minister of state for Internal Affairs Ambassador James Baba made a ministerial statement on the Sheikh’s murder on the floor of parliament.

Ambassador Baba described the death of Sheikh Kirya as a sad and tragedy event. He reported that even a bodaboda rider who was shot with Sheikh Kirya died today at Mulago hospital and three others are in the hospital receiving treatment. He said that the body guard to Sheikh Muzamilu Karibunda has been arrested and charged with neglect of duty and will be interrogated. He added that all police personnel attached to Bweyogerere police station have been suspended pending investigations as why they were not at patrol duty at the time of the incident, and stated that all the suspects will be arrested and brought to book.

The Ambassador called on anyone with information that would lead to the arrest of the perpetrators to report to police. He revealed that joint operation command report on the operation of the bodaboda industry will be used to streamline the bodaboda riders to stop incidents of murder using bodabodas since most of the prominent murders have been done by people on bodabodas.

Baba said that the operation to hunt the suspects is continuing.