Former Police Special Operations Commander Nixon Agasirwe has been further remanded to Luzira Prison after the prosecution failed to present his committal documents before the court.
Agasirwe, who was arrested in May over his alleged role in the 2015 assassination of Senior Principal State Attorney Joan Kagezi, appeared before Nakawa Chief Magistrate Esther Nyadoi on Tuesday.
The prosecution asked for more time to finalize committal paperwork, promising to present it at the next court session set for November 19, 2025.
Agasirwe was formally charged with murder in June and sent on remand, following what sources described as new and credible evidence from a key state witness that reignited the long-stalled investigation.
That witness, Daniel Kiwanuka Kisekka, a former UPDF deserter, told the International Crimes Division of the High Court that a man he identified as “Nick,” believed to be Agasirwe, ordered Kagezi’s killing.
At the time of her death, Agasirwe was serving as Head of Special Police Operations, working under then Inspector General of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura. Following his arrest earlier this year, he was detained at the Flying Squad Headquarters in Kireka, where he reportedly cooperated with investigators.
Kagezi was shot dead on March 30, 2015, in Kiwatule, Kampala, as she returned home with her children. She had stopped to buy vegetables when a man pretending to ask for directions shot her twice in the neck before escaping on a motorcycle. She was rushed to Mulago National Referral Hospital, but doctors pronounced her dead on arrival.
Her brutal murder shocked the nation, drawing outrage from the public and the legal fraternity. At the time, she was handling high-profile terrorism and war crimes cases, including the prosecution of suspects in the 2010 Kampala bombings.
Kisekka’s revelations were part of a plea bargain with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). He pleaded guilty to murder, had terrorism charges dropped, and received a 35-year sentence, later reduced to 34 years for time spent on remand.
In his testimony before a panel of judges; Michael Elubu, Stephen Mubiru, Dr. Winfred Nabisinde, and Celia Nagawa, Kisekka alleged that the assassins were paid $20,000 by a high-profile figure angered by Kagezi’s prosecution of sensitive, religion-related cases.
