The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Despite this, Kirumira was not shaken. It is under these circumstances that he started receiving death threats, which he reported to police.
Part of this explains why investigators have been looking into elements in police, insiders say. But other insiders say that his killers could have targeted him precisely because his fight with authorities in police gave them a perfect cover. Away from this, Kirumira, who had given himself the moniker—Mwoyo Gwa Gwanga—loosely interpreted as the soul of the nation, had become so popular and some say had become a perfect target of elements targeting high profile public officials.
Indeed, even on the day the assassins struck, Kirumira was from speaking at a public event along Entebbe road, where he had made a stopover on his way from attending an introduction ceremony in Kawuku, still along Entebbe road.
Kirumira was accompanied by his brother, who later revealed that on their way back from Entebbe, they used the Entebbe Express Highway. But Kuteesa would later leave Kirumira and get a taxi at Busega to another destination.
“Before reaching home,” Kuteesa says, “I received a call that he had been shot dead.” It was around 8pm when the assailants struck. As he was accustomed to, Kirumira had packed by the roadside.
