Perhaps, Panamera Bar is more known for the gruesome murder of Badru Kateregga, a former cleaner who met his death while at work at the Ntinda-based ‘watering joint’, belonging to city businessman and rally driver Andrew ‘Desh’ Kananura.
But Kateregga’s death left a bitter taste among many in the public, and news that the bar is to be razed following a court ruling has had some people link the deceased’s death to the ‘woes Panamera is now facing’.
“It is Kateregga’s ghost that has returned to haunt Desh and Panamera,” one of the people who turned up at the site to witness the demolition, was overheard saying.
Kateregga was murdered at the bar after he was allegedly found with a tip of Shs30, 000 that had been given to him by a client of the bar.
At the time it was alleged that Panamera owner ‘Desh’ was the one who killed Kateregga but after a long period Desh and his co-accused including his brother Raymond Kananura, were acquitted of the murder charges.
But the witness said that shortly after the acquittal, Kananura lost a case at the High Court, Lands Division in Kampala, which ruled that he is a trespasser on the land on his Panamera bar is located. It thus ordered him off the land.
And as ordered, court officials together with police turned up at the site ready to dismantle the structures on the land. However, Kananura somehow managed to secure a court order staying the execution and that’s how Panamera survived, at least for now.
It should be recalled that shortly after Kateregga’s killing, then prime suspect Desh flew out of the country and returned after months. He was charged together with his brother Raymond and was released on bail.
Then he remained free for some time as judges pulled out of the case citing pressure. It was not until this year that the case was tried and Desh was acquitted.
However, due to pressure from the public, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) promised to appeal the ruling.
