Journalist Killed

A Ugandan journalist, Paul Kiggundu was killed by motorcycle riders, commonly known as Bodaboda.

Paul Kiggundu was killed in the southern town of Rakai, where he was a correspondent for Top Radio.

Despite his efforts to identify himself as a journalist, the incensed cyclists battered Kiggundu into comma, accusing him of spying for the Police.

Top Radio news editor Steven Busulwa Tuesday said Mr Kiggundu was attached to their regional office in Masaka and was on an assignment in Rakai.

“Mr Kiggundu was recording events of motorcyclists who were lynching a thief and they thought he was a detective. So they turned on him and hit him severely,” said Mr Busulwa is quoted by media reports.

Mr Kiggundu is the second media practitioner to be killed in about five years after Ms Wilbroad Kasujja, a news anchor at a community radio in Buwama, was raped and killed in 2004.

No Arrests

Days later, police is yet to arrest those involved in the incident.

Speaking to African Review, Rakai District Police Commander Alex Twebaze said three motorcyclists suspected to have been involved in the killing of Mr Kiggundu have been named.

“We have deployed our men on the ground to arrest those named, although they seem to have gone into hiding,” he said.

Kiggundu is survived by a wife and four children.