KAMPALA - The assistant Director of Public Prosecutions who was the lead prosecutor in the July 2010 terror suspects trial case, was assassinated Monday evening, police said.
Police said Joan Kagezi was killed a few minutes to 8.00pm local time by armed men riding on a motorcycle in Kiwatule on the outskirts of the city Kampala, as she returned home from work.
The director of CIID, Grace Akullo, who rushed to the scene, confirmed the shooting and said Kagezi’s body was later taken to Mulago Hospital mortuary as investigations into her killing got under way.
Akullo referred to the prosecutor's killers as hit-men but was unable to give details, saying she was still managing the scene.
Joan Kigezi in a past function with ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda
The director of police investigations, Andrew Felix Kaweesi, Commander Kampala Metropolitan Police Haroun Isabirye and other top-ranking security officials rushed to the scene.
The Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman, Patrick Onyango said the killers trailed Kagezi on a motorcycle and started shooting when she slowed down at the humps near Kiwatule Church.
The Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman, Patrick Onyango said the killers trailed Kagezi on a motorcycle and started shooting when she slowed down at the humps near Kiwatule Church.
He said she was traveling in a judiciary double cabin vehicle whose registration number plates could not be readily established but said she did not have escorts in the vehicle.
“It is still too early to give details but we confirm she died on the spot and the body has been taken to Mulago,” Onyango said.
Kagezi was due to be appointed a judge of the High Court.
When contacted by New Vision for a comment, Isabirye said he was too busy managing the scene and said details about the killers would be provided at a later time.
Police sealed off the scene of crime as they tried to evidence.
