The primary suspect in the murder of Daniel Bbosa Kakeedo, the head of the Ndiga Clan, Tabula Lujja, has been remanded to Luzira Prison by the Mwanga 2 Magistrates Court after he unapologetically confessed to the murder.
Bbosa was shot and killed on February 24, 2024, by gunmen riding a motorcycle close to his residence in the Kampala suburb of Lungujja. After spending nearly six months on the run, Lujja was apprehended last week by Kimelika-Namulonge, Busikuma, Crime Intelligence agents.
Lujja appeared before the court on Monday afternoon, which was chaired by Principal Grade One Magistrate, Adams Byarugaba. Lujja was accused of Bbosa’s murder. Caroline Mpumwire, the state attorney, asked that Lujja be added to the charge sheet as a suspect.
The charges were read to Lujja in Luganda after the judge approved the amended charge sheet. The court heard that Daniel Bbosa was killed on February 25, 2024, at Kikandwa, Lubaga Division, Lujja, with premeditation. Lujja was told by Magistrate Byarugaba that he would be remanded to prison and that he lacked authority over capital charges.
Declaring that the investigations are finished, State Attorney Mpumwire asked for a postponement so that committal documents may be ready for the High Court trial. “As earlier informed, the case is capital in nature, your co-accused are already in prison, and you are now going on remand until October 3rd, 2024,” said Byarugaba.
A drone was used to deliver Lujja to court under strict security prior to the reading of the charges. Before being brought to the court cells, he was on the court grounds for around forty minutes. Lujja Tabula seemed remorseless as he spoke Luganda proverbs that suggested “Tit for Tat” or “an eye for an eye” while traveling to the cells.
Subsequently, he declared that he does not regret employing Serunkuma and Noah Lujja, the two killers who he claimed put an end to Bbosa’s life. Although Lujja Tabula acknowledged planning the murder, he insisted that it was done to protect his ancestors’ legitimate claim to the Lwomwa seat. He said that he would have secured his family’s right to the seat even if he had died or stayed behind bars.
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He also claimed that this murder was as revenge on Eng. Daniel Bbosa after his family connived to kill his father, Israel Kalyesubula in 1989. According to Lujja, he’s the rightful Lwomwa.
