crime 15 April 2026 Daily Monitor (Uganda)
Residents Furious as Suspects Reenact Gruesome Murders of Coffee Farmers in Lwengo
Police in Lwengo District escorted suspects to crime scenes where they demonstrated the brutal killings of coffee farmers, sparking outrage among locals who demanded revenge. The suspects confessed to prolonged involvement in the murders, including rape, targeting affluent traders in the area. Source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/anger-as-suspects-re-enact-brutal-killing-of-coffee-farmers-in-lwengo-5425140
Security forces in Lwengo heightened measures as they took suspects back to Kikenene Village in Kisekka sub-county for crime scene reenactments. Large crowds of angry residents gathered to see the men accused of killing their loved ones.
The suspects—Paul Kiyimba, Moses Nuwagaba alias Kanyankole, Umar Ssempijja, Simon Ssenyonga, and Muhammad Ssendaula—were held at Nyendo Police Station in Masaka. They admitted to murdering several coffee farmers last year and showed police how they tied and hacked victims to death.
Interrogations revealed the group had been active in these killings for an extended time. They pointed fingers at Nuwagaba for raping victims’ wives right after the murders. The reenactments visited homes of George William Bifaaki, a coffee trader, and Dennis Mutebi, a former teacher and SACCO treasurer killed on July 15, 2025, over suspected large cash holdings.
Village chairperson Ceaser Kimbugwe led calls for police to release the suspects for mob justice. Bifaaki’s widow, Patricia Nabiryo, shared her trauma: attackers greeted her children, found her husband sleeping, locked the kids away, killed him, and raped her beside his body. She praised police for arrests after facing false accusations herself.
Lwengo Police Station head Julius Musaazi oversaw the operation, urging calm and cooperation amid ongoing probes into rising attacks on wealthy coffee traders.
Source: Daily Monitor (Uganda)