Three suspects are in custody at Kira-Division Police in Wakiso district in connection to the death of Jerome Bwayo, a police signaler attached to the CCTV National command center at Naguru Police headquarter.
The Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID Spokesperson Charles Twine identifies the suspects as Simon Ssekamatte, the head teacher of Grace-Bulamu mixed day and boarding secondary school, John Martin Obo, the school security head and Junior Niyonsaba, a casual labourer.
The deceased’s brother, Joseph Bwayo, says that his sibling disappeared on September 23, 2021 explaining that they started searching for him until October 8 when his decomposing body was recovered from Namavundu zone in Kasangati town council in Wakiso district a few meters to Grace high school.
The family discovered the body with the help of someone they hired to help analyze the deceased’s call list and according to the call list, Ssekamatte was the last person to call the deceased leading to his arrest on Thursday.
Upon interrogation, Ssekamatte told the detectives that they were friends with the deceased who often gave him a ride from Kira town to school during curfew, adding that the deceased dropped him off the same night he went missing.
Twine says that although the search in the school and other areas has not yielded much they have intensified investigations to ensure all culprits are arrested.
On the detained suspects, Twine said detectives are trying to establish how the head teacher is connected to the murder since he was the last person to see the deceased.
