One arrested in Kisenyi road rage murder

Police said evidence gathered indicates that one Ssentongo Reagan, alias Abtex, while travelling with other mourners for burial in a taxi, got involved in a minor accident with a bodaboda rider, called Wasswa, who was transporting a female passenger. An argument ensued between the boda boda rider and the taxi driver, who was joined by the occupants of the taxi. Shortly after, Ssentongo Reagan (a taxi passenger) came out of the taxi and aggressively pushed Wasswa, the boda boda rider, who hit his head on the road and collapsed. This prompted one Teopista, the boda boda passenger, to raise an alarm, where she claimed the rider had died.

Several responders and angry residents from Kisenyi Metal Yard started chasing Ssentongo Reagan, who fled from the scene. They found him after he had been arrested by PC Baluku, whom they overpowered, and grabbed the suspect, Ssentongo Reagan. They took him to the Kisenyi metal yard LCI offices while beating him. The suspect, who sustained critical injuries, was eventually handed over to the police in Ndeeba and rushed to Mulago Hospital, where he was admitted.

He unfortunately succumbed to the injuries on July 23, 2023, at Kirudu Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment. His relatives retrieved the body and matched it in protest in Kisenyi before dumping it at the railway line. The body was removed by police and transported to Mulago City Mortuary for postmortem.