After several escapades as an Allied Democratic Forces rebel and as a government soldier, he couldn’t survive city gunmen, who have been on loose in recent years.
Maj. Kiggundu was killed today morning at Masanafu, a Kampala suburb. His bodyguard, Sgt. Steven Mukasa too was also shot dead.
The incident happened at about 7:30 am when the two were driving to Pearl FM, where he has been a preacher of Islam.
Maj. Kiggundu was among the commanders of rebel group, ADF. However, he denounced armed rebellion with a group of ADF in 2007. He was integrated into the UPDF and promoted to the rank of Major in the same year.
Maj. Kiggundi will be remembered as a soldier who surrendered to government side and collaborated with the security forces to infiltrate ADF and hence bring an end to the war in the Rwenzori Mountains that had threatened stability and development.
It is said that while still Chief of Military Intelligence, the then Brig. Henry Tumukunde approached Kiggundu and others with a view of collaborating with security forces to bring an end the war.
Kiggundu didn’t hesitate and took on the assignment and was able to penetrate the urban squads that ADF had allegedly set in Kampala and the camps in the Rwenzori and the rest is history.
Basing on Kiggundu’s old connections with ADF and then turned UPDF soldier fighting terrorism the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Paul Kangave, says similar to the recent shootings in the city, the assailants who were moving on a motorcycle followed them for some distance before shooting one of the car tyres forcing the truck to veer into a drainage trench.
It is reported that at this moment, Maj. Kiggundu, jumped out of the UPDF truck which made it easy for the killers to shoot him.
The body guard was also shot dead amidst the chaos as he attempted to take action.
Having participated in the ADF rebellion and later on surrendering to government and to fight terrorism, Maj. Kiggundu relied on the Ak47 machine gun to execute his activities and indeed it is the same gun but this time used by other user that have brought his live to an end. AK-47 and sometimes referred as AK is officially known also known as the Kalashnikov or in Russian slang.
