Three weeks ago, Pastor Herbert Ssebunya’s body was found in a car. It had been burnt beyond recognition. Up to now, the circumstances surrounding his death are not clear
By Carol Kasujja and Richard Kayiira
Three weeks after Pastor Herbert Ssebunya was killed and the body burnt in his Mercedes Benz, there are still more questions than answers.
It is not clear what happened to the 34-year-old, who was a preacher at Kingdom Embassy Ministry in Makindye, Kampala. On the fateful day on Wednesday August 20, Ssebunya left his home at Abayitababiri near Entebbe, with his wife Prossie Nakagimu in their Mercedes Benz ML 320, registration number UAL 075G.
In the evening, he did not return home. At 2:00am, the Police found his body burning in his car at Rubaga in Kampala, near Pope Paul Memorial Centre. On Saturday August 23, Bukedde newspaper published an article about his death. Upon reading the article, and realising that the car registration number was that of her husband, Nakagimu reported the matter to Old Kampala Police Station.
According to the statement (SD 04/21/08/14) Nakagimu made at Police, Ssebunya dropped her off at Kibuye and then proceeded to his office in Makindye. Nakagimu proceeded by taxi to her workplace (Kawanga and Kasule Advocates and Legal Consultants) at Kizito Towers in Kampala.
In Nakagimu’s statement to the Police, she indicated that she called him at lunch time to find out whether he had eaten, and whether they would go home together that evening.
According to her statement, Ssebunya said they could not go home together because he had to go to pray for some people in Kyengera. She added that by 11:00pm,Ssebunya was not yet back home; so she got concerned and tried to call his number, but he was not answering. She remained in the sitting room, from where she fell asleep on the sofa. When she woke up at 3:00am, she tried to call again but his phone was off.
In the morning, Ssebunya’s friend, Joseph Ssemwanga, called Nakagimu to find out why the pastor’s phones were off. According to Ssemwanga’s statement to the Police, Nakagimu told him that the pastor was travelling to Dar-es-Salaam for a religious engagement.
On that day, Ssemwanga was supposed to meet with the couple to help them resolve a marital dispute. A few days earlier, they had quarrelled after Nakagimu’s ex-husband reportedly dropped her off at home on August 15. Ssemwanga indicated in his statement that the two men had a fight at Ssebunya’s home. FULL STORY
