General Kale Kayihura, officers from from the Headquarters & the Command of Mechanized Brigade in Masaka.

Uganda police led by General Kale Kayihura, units from the Headquarters & the Command of Mechanized Brigade, as well as certain crime preventers has arrested Galiwango Musa who is the lead suspect of the killers for the murder incidences that took place on New Year eve and early morning of 1st January 2018 in Greater Masaka

“We have arrested a key suspect, we have got the thugs and resolved the issue as to who is behind the criminality” Kayihura stated while addressing the press in massaka distict.

Galiwango Musa (centre) the lead suspect in the Killings.

According to Kayihura the Police has made a breakthrough in the hunt, when a gang of thugs armed with sticks, knives and other implements attacked different places in Lwengo and Bukomansimbi districts killing and robbing residents.

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Galiwango Musa and his criminal associates appeared before court in Masaka On Monday.

Kayihura commended the joint team of Greater Masaka Police led by the RPC Zaakye Latif, supported by the technicals that played a key role for the speed with which the thugs were arrested.

General Kale Kayihura addressing members of the press