By Andrew Irumba
Mityana: A popular landlord in Mityana district who was battling a land dispute with some of his neighbours was on Wednesday night hacked to death by unknown people.
Muhammad Kamada Mulinde was killed murdered cold blood and his lifeless body dumped on the roadside, shortly after delivering invitation letters to his tenants for a mediation meeting with the State Minister for Lands, Persis Namuganza.
Police have since established that the deceased was feuding with over 400 occupants on his land measuring one square mile, which covers Minana, Galaba and Kanvavoobe villages in in Tamu Division.
The Wamala Region Police Spokesperson Norbert Ochom said
“The deceased passed by Wamala Regional Police Headquarters earlier in the day to deliver a copy of the letter indicating the minister’s scheduled meeting.”
Ibrahim Muyingo, the Minana Village LC I Chairperson, said the deceased delivered to him the letter for the scheduled meeting and they had a brief chat. He however, said he later received information that Mulinde has been found dead minutes after they had separated.
Muyingo also revealed that all residents feared to notify police for fear of being arrested. He however said Mulinde’s murder doesn’t come as a surprise to those who have been following the matter since the tenants had tried to lynch him on various occasions in vain.
Jeremiah Kalangwa, another resident, said the deceased had invited the tenants to buy off their interests to allow him sell off the land. However, most of the tenants rejected the proposal on grounds that they didn’t have money.
According to Kalangwa, the deceased was seen recently moving around with several people surveying the contested land, which might have made the tenants think he was planning to evict them.
