The director of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), Maj Tom Magambo, has said he will soon brief President Museveni about those who funded the killing of prosecutor Joan Kagezi.
Kagezi, the Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, was shot dead in Kiwatule on March 30, 2015, by unknown assassins riding on a boda boda, as she made a stopover at a fruit stall.
At the time of the murder, Ms Kagezi was prosecuting a high-profile case of terrorism that involved suspects in the 2010 Kampala twin bombing.
Speaking during the 7th annual Joan Kagezi memorial lecture at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on Thursday, President Museveni tasked the CID to explain the fate of Kagezi’s case.
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“But our friend Magambo…you remember these people (the suspects in court) were saying, they were sent by some people. Have you got the ones that sent them? Who sent the suspects, tell us please because the suspects were saying they were hired,” Museveni asked.
In response, Maj Kagambo assured the President: “Your excellence, since you were the chief investigator (in the Kagezi case), I was the ground operator. I want to assure you, that we have very good leads on the people who paid these people (the suspects now before the court) and sent them.”
“…Your Excellence, as usual, we are going to brief you. I’m worried since the Chief Justice is saying these are suspects; we shall discuss and you guide us on how to proceed but we now know them,” he added.
The President also hailed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for always remembering the good works of Kagezi.
He revealed that the government has been supporting Kagezi’s four children. Two of them have graduated from universities in the United Kingdom and South Africa and that they are employed.
The remaining two are currently pursuing their undergraduate degrees in Canada.
“Kagezi died a freedom fighter… but also the struggle to support the children of freedom fighters so that they don’t say if my father had not died if my mother had not died, we would have done this, we would have done that. When a freedom fighter dies, you who are behind should take control of their children so that they succeed,” he said.
In her remarks, the DPP Jane Frances Abodo applauded the President for ensuring that their salaries are no longer taxed, and also appreciated the Shs250m that he put into their Sacco to enable access to soft loans to develop themselves among others.
She also revealed that they are prosecuting more cases following the recruitment of over 100 state attorneys last year.
