The trail of Godfrey Wamala aka Troy, the prime suspect in the murder of slain music icon Moses Nakintijje aka Mowzey Radio has kicked off before High Court Judge Jane Francis Abodo.

Troy, a former employee at the Da Bar, a hangout place in Entebbe, was arrested in February 2018 from his friend’s home in Kyengera where he was hiding.

Appearing before high court judge, prosecution lined up four witness among who were producer David Ebangit aka Washington who was with the late singer Moses Radio on the day he was killed and Pamela Musimire, a lady who was managing one of the construction site of the singer.

During court session, Washington was asked if he knows the person (Troy) who standing in the docket, he said yes, he is the gentleman who took my brother’s life Mowzey Radio. I know him by face and name he is called Troy. Washington also told court that I knew Sekibogo Moses for more than 10 years.

Prosecution avers that between January 27 and February 1, Troy hit Mowzey Radio during a bar brawl in which the latter sustained injuries on brain leading to his death at Case Hospital.

In 2018 Washington said on the fateful day, he found Radio at his home in Makindye. He wanted to go to Entebbe because he was constructing a house there and asked Washington to escort him.

Together with another person yet to be identified, they got into the car at around 3pm and drove to Entebbe. We were three in the car. On the site, Radio got a phone call from a one Pamela, who asked him to find her at Da Bar.

They walked to Da Bar between 5-6pm and according to Washington, Pamela was at the bar with a group of her friends. They apparently sat on one side while Washington sat on the other side.

He says that he started getting a bad feeling about what was happening and asked Radio to go but the deceased insisted that they stay. At that time, according to Washington, he briefly walked out to rest in the car before returning.

He then reportedly asked Pamela to tell Radio that they should leave, she then said Mowzey was about to get done. Washington says he insisted and went inside Da Bar, only to realise that they had changed their location.

“I sat with him for about 5 minutes. They brought a bottle of whisky and I saw him paying the money. He got the whisky and started pouring in different glasses. He then got agitated and poured whisky on the manager, the one who was talking ill about him.

“They didn’t react because they continued laughing but I noticed the manager wasn’t happy. When I asked Radio what he had done, he said that ‘they know what they were doing’. In about 5 minutes, the manager got very angry and threw the table away. The bar manager then came for Radio and they were separated by this tall guy, Troy, and Hassan. I told Pamela to pick Radio out because they were together.”

“On the way out, towards the door of the club, this tall guy, Troy, came shouting ‘you have disrespected the owner of the bar’. He lifted Radio up and threw him down, heard him hit his head down. I heard his head crack,”

They picked up Radio and drove him to Emmanuel Hospital and there was a bit of delay.

“We then requested for an ambulance to Nsambya.  From Nsambya Hospital, we were referred to Case hospital because they told us that the ICU was full.”­­

“Mowzey Radio didn’t fight at all. This man Troy grabbed him and threw him down. The picture circulating is of the person who killed Radio. I can’t forget the face of the man who killed my brother. I asked Pamela to get Mowzey out of the bar four times. She didn’t do enough to protect Mowzey because she is the one who invited us.”

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Uganda is the safest place for any investor to inject their money and offers immense business opportunities, President Yoweri Museveni has said.

“If there is a place where you can easily make money, it is Uganda.  The place is secure.  That is why we host 1.4 million refugees from the neighbouring countries,” he said.

The President made the remarks at a dinner he jointly hosted with the First Lady, Janet, for the business community at Westin Hotel in Cape Town.

Mr Museveni was in South Africa to take part in the World Economic Forum on Africa, which is running under the theme “Shaping Inclusive Growth and Shared Futures in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”.

At the dinner, Museveni highlighted three major aspects of doing business; production of goods and services, market for those goods and services and infrastructure to facilitate to link the producer to the market.

He informed the investors that he had put in place enabling infrastructure to facilitate production of goods and services, adding that it had greatly lowered the cost of doing business.

The President said Uganda’s population  was an added advantage that  would enable market, he said the country has an array of available and affordable raw materials and now surplus electricity, functional Internet services and other amenities like piped water.

He urged the investors to seek opportunities in agro-processing, infrastructure, mineral extraction and tourism among other openings.

Addressing the gathering, the First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports, Janet Museveni, said the country is focusing on skilling the youth to enable them compete favorably in the job market.

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Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has bowed down to social media pressure and allowed Derrick Obed, a second year student to return to university to continue with his studies.

Obed who was pursuing a Bachelor’s of Arts in Education had been suspended for close to a year and there had been worries within the university that the celebrated poet might be forced to switch to another university.

Obed’s stay at the university was terminated when he joined fellow students who were opposing the 15 per cent cumulative tuition policy. He then fell into hot soup when he tried to confront the vice Chancellor at the university netball competition last year.

 He was arrested and detained at Wandegeya police station for a week before he was released on bail. Later he was suspended and has been out of university up to yesterday Sept 3, 2019 when Nawangwe issued a letter allowing him to return.

Obed says he has been negatively affected by the suspension but he is happy to return to university.

“I want to concentrate on my studies, graduate and leave, said a humbled Obed in a brief  interview with this reporter.

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