Police in Bunamwaya has in custody the boyfriend and prime suspect in the murder of Faith Namata, a 17-year-old senior three student of Kitebi secondary school after police an ill-fated phone call to deceased’s friend.
Namata, was reported missing last Wednesday and her body was discovered three days in a bush near a road in Kikumbi Zone, bearing signs of strangulation and sexual assault.
According to police Investigations, Namata received a call from her alleged boyfriend, Jeremiah Kakande on the evening of her disappearance and the pair was seen walking together in Kitebi between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
However, she never returned home to her grandmother, Regina Nabaggala, prompting a missing person’s report that night at Kitebi and Nateete police stations.
Three days later, residents in Bunamwaya discovered the body of a young girl and alerted Katwe police, who transferred it to the City Mortuary in Mulago.
Residents who had three days earlier seen Namata with Kakande quickly informed the police, who launched a search for him but unluckily found that he had already vacated his rented room in Kitebi.
Kakande’s luck run out after he contacted one of Namata’s friends, inquiring about what was happening at school, the friend who was already aware of Namata’s death, tipped off the family and the police on the phone call.
Police detectives advised the deceased’s friend to arrange a meeting with Kakande and arrested him along with the boda boda rider, Muhammad Kato, who was transporting him.
The Kampala Metropolitan police deputy spokesperson ASP Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed the arrest of the duo noting that they are being held to establish who was directly responsible for Namata’s killing and the motive behind it.
Preliminary findings suggest Kakande may have strangled Namata after accusing her of being involved with another student.
He allegedly hired a boda boda rider to help dump the body in Kikumbi Zone, Makindye Ssabagabo Municipality, Wakiso district.
Namata’s murder case is being handled by both Bunamwaya police and Nateete Police Division as detectives try to find out what could have prompted him killed his girlfriend.
