Muzoora’s Widow’s Phone Missing

Chris Mugasha and Raymond Baguma

4 June 2011

THE mobile phone of Vasta Muzoora, the widow to Col. Edson Muzoora, has been stolen. Family members who spoke to Sunday Vision said that they realised the phone was missing during the burial.

During the burial, the widow told mourners that she used to communicate with her husband on phone. She said Col. Muzoora would occasionally call her from unknown locations and speak to their children during the holidays, promising them that the situation would get better.

The stolen phone is probably the only piece of evidence that would have provided details of Muzoora’s location and when he last talked to his wife. This could have helped investigators find out where he was calling from and provide clues regarding the circumstances of his death.

A security source commented that whoever stole the widow’s phone knows the killer, or is the killer, and is attempting to destroy evidence that could help in solving the mystery of Col. Muzoora’s death.

“From the phone, the widow could have known where Muzoora was. And these people who delivered the body called several times throughout the day. All that was recorded on the phone,” the source said.

Eliusito Akatuhebwa, a family member, said they were worried that the theft of the phone would interfere with ongoing investigations into the death of Col. Muzoora.

Akatuhebwa also appealed to the Government to provide the family with security as investigations continue. He said the family needs protection given the mysterious circumstances under which Muzoora died.

Col. Muzoora was buried early last week. His death remains a mystery since his body was dumped at his home in Bushenyi by unknown people under the cover of darkness. The body was rolled in a white sheet, dressed in a brown striped T-shirt and cream trousers.

He was on the wanted list as a suspected founder of the shadowy rebel group People’s Redemption Army (PRA). He fled into exile in South Africa, but had applied for amnesty and was due to return to Uganda.

The post-mortem report of Col. Muzoora said the cause of death was torture by electrocution. Also, one of his eyes had popped out. A security source privy to the report said the body was healthy, which showed he had not died of any illness. It didn’t have bullet wounds either.

Meanwhile, Muzoora’s widow was on Friday admitted at a clinic in Ishaka town. According to the family, the widow who has hypertension, complained of feeling unwell from the time her husband’s body was dumped in their compound.

Ugandan security sources are concerned as to how a body could be brought from a neighbouring country and dumped in the country. The Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, said the Police had enlisted Interpol to investigate Muzoora’s death.

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