Wandera, the father of 20 children suspects that the one who has burnt the house must have targeted the 23 million Shillings he had kept in the bedroom ceiling.
Police detectives who conducted a search at the suspect’s home recovered six phones, eight sim cards and a counter book in which Ssentamu is believed to have been recording phone contacts alongside other particulars of his potential victims.
Gerald Joshua Oduka, the Spokesperson of Northern Entertainers Association says they were shocked to hear the singer perform in town amidst the strict lockdown and that his act made them question the authority of the security forces and the local leaders who were supposed to enforce the guidelines.
Although district promised to secure for them land elsewhere for settlement, the efforts have not yet yielded any success. Efransi Mugabi, 76, an old single widow caring for six grandchildren whose parents passed away, now sleeps under a tarpaulin tied on the tree outside the LCI chairperson’s house.