In a video posted on TikTok last night, Mabonga defended Cohen as a legitimate investor and portrayed himself as someone providing private security services to the businessman. The disclosure has added a new factor to the growing controversy surrounding Cohen, a foreign gold dealer whose activities in Uganda have increasingly drawn attention from security agencies, gold traders and, reportedly, the highest levels of government.

Mabonga came into the limelight after publishing the above mentioned footage of Mugumya, which spread widely on social media and triggered public outrage over the alleged treatment of the opposition activist while in detention. However, the footage also brought Lt. Herbert Mabonga himself under scrutiny.

His association with Cohen had previously been noted, and his appearance alongside the gold dealer raised questions about the businessman he was protecting and the circumstances under which Cohen had established himself in Uganda’s lucrative gold industry. Mabonga’s subsequent defence of Cohen has now made those questions even more difficult to ignore. For starters, it’s important to profile the person of Carlos Cohen.

Who is He 

Until recently, Cohen Ferreira Carlos Partricio was a relatively obscure figure in Uganda’s gold-trading circles. He moved around in an armoured vehicle, surrounded by the kind of security and pomp commonly associated with high-value gold dealers. But unlike many of the indigenous gold traders who have operated in Uganda for years, Cohen’s profile suddenly rose after a purported letter from President Yoweri Museveni to the Inspector General of Police, directing the police chief to personally supervise investigations into a multimillion-dollar gold scam.

The letter, whose authenticity has been questioned by some people familiar with its circulation, was titled “INTERVENTION IN A GOLD SCAM CASE” and addressed to IGP Abas Byakagaba. In it, President Museveni purportedly recounts a complaint from two gold buyers, Gafar Ibrahim and Nagi Muhammed, Cohen`s collegues, who claimed to have lost hundreds of thousands of United States dollars to individuals they described as fraudsters.

“I have got a letter dated the 29th of June, 2026 from two gold buyers by the names of Gafar Ibrahim … and Nagi Muhammed,” the purported presidential letter begins. According to the document, the two complainants had narrated how large sums of money were allegedly taken from them in a gold transaction and how they subsequently reported the matter to several security agencies.

Among those named were Col. Edith Nakalema, Senior Presidential Advisor on Anti-Corruption and head of the State House Investors Protection Unit; Brig. Gen. Henry Isoke, who heads the State House Anti-Corruption Unit; Crime Intelligence, headed by Gen. Christopher Ddamulira; Uganda Police Force under IGP Byakagaba; and the military intelligence authorities.

The letter purportedly expresses the President’s dissatisfaction with the progress of the investigations. “All these have not helped them,” the document states, before directing the Inspector General of Police to personally take charge of the matter. “This is therefore to direct you to personally oversee the investigation of this scam, apprehend these criminals and recover their money,” the letter says.

It then reportedly gives the police chief two months to resolve the matter, subject to verification of the complainants’ claims. “I give you 2 months to solve this problem if the accusers are saying the truth,” the letter states.

Copies of the purported correspondence were reportedly circulated to several of the parties involved, including Ibrahim Muhammed Gafar. Yet, while Cohen’s name does not appear in the presidential letter, we have traced the circumstances surrounding the complaint to a much more intriguing figure, Cohen Ferreira Carlos Partricio, commonly known as Carlos Cohen.

According to information obtained by The Investigator, Cohen is alleged to have been instrumental in facilitating access between Gafar and Nagi and senior authorities at State House. That development raises a larger question of who exactly, is Carlos Cohen, the foreign gold dealer whose business dealings have apparently attracted presidential attention?

Who Exactly Is Carlos Cohen?

Cohen Ferreira Carlos Partricio was reportedly born on September 30, 1978, in Angola, to Alipio Joaquim Ferreira and Celeste Cohen. His early life and movements remain difficult to independently establish, but available information suggests that he left Angola in the late 1990s and eventually settled in Portugal, where he is said to have acquired citizenship.

His nationality and identity have, however, become a subject of discussion. In some circles, he has reportedly been described as Portuguese, while other accounts have associated him with Israel. The circumstances surrounding these different descriptions remain unclear. More significantly, records reportedly obtained from Portugal point to a long-running criminal case involving a person bearing Cohen’s name.

The records relate to proceedings before the Albufeira District Court (Tribunal Judicial de Albufeira) in Portugal’s Algarve region. According to those records, Cohen has for years been wanted in connection with criminal allegations involving unlawful appropriation, fraud and document forgery.

The case reportedly dates back to the early 2000s and concerns allegations that, if established in court, could have serious consequences. The Portuguese proceedings are particularly significant because they reportedly show that the defendant became difficult for authorities to locate.

The Allegations

The first allegation cited in the Portuguese proceedings is unlawful appropriation. In general terms, unlawful appropriation involves taking, using or retaining property belonging to another person without lawful authority or consent. The precise legal meaning and applicable penalty depend on the circumstances and the relevant provisions of Portuguese law.

The second allegation is simple fraud, or burla simples. Under Article 217 of Portugal’s Penal Code, fraud generally concerns obtaining an unlawful financial benefit by causing another person to act under an error or deception.

The third allegation concerns document forgery, commonly referred to in Portuguese as falsificação ou contrafacção de documento. The relevant provision, Article 256 of the Portuguese Penal Code, addresses conduct involving the falsification, alteration or misuse of documents where the statutory elements of the offence are met.

The 2006 Court Ruling

The Portuguese court records provide an unusual insight into what happened after Cohen became unavailable to the authorities. The proceedings are identified under Common Trial No. 451/00.0JAFAR, with Notice No. 2467/2006. According to the records cited, the matter was before the 2nd Court of the Albufeira District Court under Judge Dr. Patricia Malveiro.

On May 18, 2006, Cohen was reportedly declared contumacious under Article 335 of Portugal’s Code of Criminal Procedure. In simple terms, a declaration of contumacy is a legal mechanism applied when a defendant remains absent from proceedings in circumstances provided for by law. It can result in the suspension of proceedings until the defendant appears or is arrested.

A subsequent ruling stated thus; “The declaration of contumacy, which expires upon the defendant’s appearance in Court or arrest…” The ruling further provided for the suspension of the trial pending Cohen’s appearance or arrest and outlined additional legal consequences arising from the declaration.

Among those consequences was the restriction of certain legal and administrative transactions and the acquisition of specified official documents. The court consequently suspended the proceedings pending his arrest or appearance. That development would leave the case hanging over Cohen for years.

From Portugal to Dubai

According to the account being investigated by The Investigator, Cohen subsequently left Portugal and travelled to Dubai. It is from Dubai, according to the same account, that his Ugandan chapter began. While in Dubai, Cohen became acquainted with individuals connected to Uganda, eventually being introduced to a Ugandan national identified as Joram Itungo.

Itungo is described in the account as a 36-years long-serving State House employee. According to sources cited in the investigation, Itungo became an important link between Cohen and Uganda. After establishing contact with Itungo, Cohen travelled to Uganda. It was here, according to the account, that his involvement in Uganda’s gold trade began to attract increasing attention.

The Gold Business and the Disputes

Uganda’s gold trade is a lucrative but controversial sector, involving local traders, foreign buyers, brokers, refiners, investors and intermediaries. For Cohen, the business appears to have involved transactions running into millions of dollars. One of the disputes associated with him concerns a transaction in which he reportedly approached police at the Entebbe Aviation Police (AVIPOL), claiming that he had been defrauded of gold worth approximately USD1.6M.

That complaint adds another layer to a story that has increasingly become complicated by competing claims of victimhood. On one side are gold buyers who say they were defrauded and have sought the intervention of Uganda’s security agencies and State House. On the other are questions surrounding Cohen’s own history, including the unresolved proceedings reportedly pending against a person bearing his name in Portugal.

The result is an unusual situation in which an individual whose past is itself the subject of unresolved legal questions has emerged as a central figure in a dispute in Uganda involving claims of gold fraud running into hundreds of thousands, and potentially millions, of dollars.

Why President Museveni`s Intervention  

The purported presidential letter is significant. Not merely because of the money involved, but because of the extraordinary number of security and anti-corruption institutions reportedly approached before the matter reached the President. The correspondence names State House anti-corruption officials, Police, Crime Intelligence and military intelligence authorities.

The President’s reported instruction that the Inspector General of Police personally oversee the investigation is therefore likely to attract considerable public interest. But there is another question that remains unanswered. Why did a dispute involving private gold transactions require intervention at the highest level of government?

And perhaps more importantly, what was the precise relationship between Cohen, the complainants and the individuals who facilitated their access to State House? Those questions are at the heart of the continuing investigation.

The Bigger Questions

Cohen’s story raises a number of issues that authorities may ultimately have to clarify. First, what is his precise immigration and citizenship status in Uganda? Second, what is the current legal status of the Portuguese proceedings reportedly registered against him? Third, was the Portuguese arrest warrant ever executed, withdrawn, cancelled or otherwise disposed of?

Fourth, what exactly brought Cohen to Uganda’s gold market? Fifth, what was his relationship with the Ugandan officials and intermediaries who reportedly helped him establish contacts?

And finally, what was the precise nature of the gold transactions involving Gafar Ibrahim and Nagi Muhammed that ultimately triggered the purported presidential intervention? These questions cannot be conclusively answered merely by the existence of court records or complaints. They require documentary verification, responses from the individuals named, and clarification from the relevant authorities.

For now, what is clear is that Cohen Ferreira Carlos Partricio has moved from relative obscurity to the centre of a gold controversy that has reached the highest levels of Uganda’s security establishment. His reported history in Portugal, his movement through Dubai, his arrival in Uganda, his links to influential intermediaries and the multimillion-dollar gold disputes surrounding him form a complex trail that raises more questions than answers.

And as the Portuguese proceedings reportedly remain tied to his appearance or arrest, the next chapter of the Cohen story may ultimately depend not only on what happened in Uganda’s gold market, but also on whether the long-running legal questions surrounding his past are ever brought to a final conclusion.

His prominence comes after the President supposedly penned a hard-hitting letter to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), purportedly directing him to investigate and cause arrest of several `crooks` who purportedly swindled the golden `investors`. In the letter, titled “INTERVENTION IN A GOLD SCAM CASE” and addressed to IGP Abas Byakagaba, the President gives stun directives.

“I have got a letter dated the 29^th of June, 2026 from two gold buyers by the names of Gafar Ibrahim on telephone number…., and Nagi Muhammed. In this letter, they give a long story of how hundreds of thousands of Dollars were stolen from them by fraudsters whom they, later on, reported to a host of security personnel,” the President`s letter, who`s authenticity many have contested, begins.

President Museveni went on to name the security personnel above as “Nakalema” (Col. Edith Nakalema, the Senior Presidential Advisor on Anti-Corruption and Head of the State House Investors Protection Unit), “Isoke” (Brig. Gen. Henry Isoke, the Head of State House Anti-Corruption Unit), “Crime Intelligence” headed by General Christopher Ddamulira, “Police” headed by the very addressee, IGP Byakagaba and, surprisingly “CMI”, a defunct intelligence organ which the President himself dissolved and rebranded it to Defence Intelligence and Security (DIS), also referred to as the Directorate of Intelligence and Security.

“All these (above) have not helped them… This is therefore to direct you to personally oversee the investigation of this scam, apprehend these criminals and recover their money,” Not synonymous of him, the President this time accompanied his directives with an ultimatum. “I give you 2 months to solve this problem if the accusers are saying the truth.” The President copied the letter to all concerned parties, including Ibrahim Muhammed Gafar, whose copy was leaked to the media.

Whereas the President`s letter doesn’t mention Cohen, we, at The Investigator Publications (U) Limited, authoritatively established that he is the one who actually secured Gafar and Nagi to the Old Man with a Hat`s audience. Nevertheless, in this article, we elect to know the person of the `investor` who attracted the First Citizen`s attention and anger that even led to him suppressing his security personnel`s ability.

Who Is Carlos Cohen?       

Born on September 30^th 1978 in Angola, the now 48yr Old Cohen Ferreira Carlos Partricio, also referred to as Carlos Cohen, is son to Alipio Joaquim Ferreira and Celeste Cohen, both little-known Angolan citizens. However, for reasons yet to be established, Cohen is reportedly a Persona non grata back in his own country of origin. This could be the reason he`s also known as a Portuguese and or, an Israelite.

Purportedly running from Angola in the late 90s, Carlos Cohen supposedly found his new home in Portugal, where he became a citizen. However, records sourced from Portugal, and particularly at the Albufeira District Court (Tribunal Judicial de Albufeira), located on Rua do Município road in Albufeira District, Algarve Region, indicates that he has been fugitive and a wanted man back home for quite a long time, 20 years to be exact.

Here, he`s accused of three counts, all pointing at fraud, embezzlement and character assassination, as well as working around bringing his competitors down or out of business, but all through unlawful means. However, in 2006, police failed to locate him and hence, returned the arrest warrant back to Court where, it was put on hold until his arrest is secured, no matter when.

The Pending Charges to His Name

In Portugal, Carlos Cohen is accused of Unlawful Appropriation. For starters, an unlawful appropriation charge is a legal accusation that a person has intentionally and wrongfully taken, used, or kept property belonging to someone else without their consent. It is a broad legal term often used interchangeably with theft, embezzlement, or stealing, depending on the jurisdiction and how the property was originally obtained.

The second charge is Simple fraud (burla simples in Portuguese). This one, in Portugal, is set out in Article 217 of the Portuguese Penal Code. Its definition and Elements Core Action include tricking someone or causing error through clever deception, to get illegal money and or goods for oneself or someone else of the criminal mind`s choice.

The third charge is Document forgery. This, again in Portugal, is governed by Article 256 of the Portuguese Penal Code (Código Penal). It is under the classification of falsification or counterfeiting of documents, also known as Falsificação ou contrafacção de documento. It is a prohibited conduct and the law there harshly penalizes one for committing it.

The third charge above is slapped onto anyone who, with the intent to cause damage to another person or the State, obtain an illegitimate benefit, or facilitate another crime, engages in any of the following; Manufacturing or producing a false document or its components, falsifying or altering a genuine document, abusing another person’s signature to forge a document. All the above crimes, Carlos Cohen, committed back home in Portugal.

Sensing the sensitivity and gravity of the charges to his name, Cohen reportedly elected to jump the bail and fled the country for good. His supposed first stop was in Dubai. Like in Angola, he is on the run and still badly wanted in Portugal over the said charges whose particulars of offense, The Investigator pledges to unveil in these pages, in the subsiquent articles about the matter.

Jumps Bail, Charges Put On Hold Pending His Arrest   

Upon Cohen proving stubbornly elusive, Justice Dr. Patricia Malveiro, then Judge of the 2^nd Court of the Albufeira District Court ruled in the common trial number 451/00.0JAFAR, under NOTICE number 2467/2006, that the trial be suspended pending the defendant`s arrest. This was after Cohen was declared contumacious on May 18^th 2006 under article 335 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

“The declaration of contumacy, which expires upon the defendant`s appearance in Court or arrest, has the following effects; 1- Suspending of the trial until the defendant`s appearance or arrest, 2- Nullity of patrimonial legal transactions entered into by the defendant after this declaration [and], 3- Prohibition on obtaining documents, including identity cards, drivers’ licences, passports and certificates,” reads Justice Dr. Patricia`s ruling on June 2^nd 2006.

For starters, Contumacy is a stubborn, wilful refusal to obey authority, a law, or a court order. In this case, Cohen`s intention of jumping the bail. From Portugal, Carlos Cohen allegedly ran and sought refuge in Dubai. From here, he would come to Uganda and deal in gold transactions that went bad at all trials. The last time, he reported a case at Entebbe Aviation Police (AVIPOL), claiming he had been reportedly swindled of gold worth USD1.6M.

However, as he helplessly loitered back in Dubai, a friend of his connected him to a Ugandan, a one Jordan Itungo. Then a 30yr long serving State House staff, Jordan Itungo offered the necessary help. Upon contacting Itungo, Cohen jumped on the next plane to Uganda. Here, Itungo did something for Cohen that he will regret to his grave…

Carlos Cohen The Ugandan:

Watch this space….

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 To many of her friends, aquaitances, colleagues, staff and relatives, it is no longer at ease. Our sources have offered that among the said lot above is the outgoing Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, Among`s husband Moses Magogo, two ministers and 24 (twenty four) Members of Parliament. Whereas the latter lot is expected to appear before Detectives at Kibuli tommorow (May 18th 2026), Among is supposedly expected on Tuesday.

The operation named `Maliza Ufisadi`(Swahili for “Finish Corruption), started with summons to Speaker Among, by Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday. After the meeting composed of clergymen, Itesot King Emolimoli, former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, and NRM Vice Chair Moses Kigongo among others, President Museveni condemned and placed Among under house arrest.

It is reported that the old man with a Hat also directed Among to stay put and restrain self from contacting any MPs. However, upon reaching her home in Nakasero, Among defied her Master and started making frantic calls to several MPs, directing them to keep their loyalty to her and not to attend her supposed replacement, Hon. Jacob Markson Oboth-Oboth`s thanks-giving service in Mukono.

At the function, Oboth-Oboth was expected to officially announce his bid for Speakership. However, by afternoon, the turn-up at the host`s residence was still wanting as several MPs were relactantly dragging their feet to show up. A quick check with intelligence gathered how Among and her helpers were behind the glitch at Mukono. Getting to the reason why this stance, the angry President directed Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba to swing into action.

“The security forces under the direction and instructions of the Commander-in-Chief launched Operation ‘Maliza Ufisadi’ the other day. We shall expand this operation and apprehend all culprits. No one will be spared,” Gen Muhoozi roared via his X account last night, hence partially confirming what we are relaying in these pages.

The Story

By mid-day on Saturday, intelligence had gathered that the MPs` loyalty to Among is connected to money. Known to be one of the biggest Money-Lenders around town, Anita Among is rumored to have advanced to over 200 MPs, soft loans of between 100M to 200M, depending on one`s need. When the big man asked how she expected to recover the monies, he was told how the Speaker targeted the UGX315M meant for the MPs vehicles, to recover the loaned dime.

The above revelation left the President with no option apart from expedite his plans to launch the operation, starting from the top. Indeed, on Friday, the Clerk to Parliament, Hon. Adolf Mwesigye is rumored to have been the first to record a statement. Starting with Adolf is a story by itself, but for another day. Yesterday, sources have it, more technical staff were supposedly interrogated. These reportedly include Chris Obore, and Richard Kunobwa the Head Finance.

The above include cops who were hithert deployed at Parliament but were reportedly lured by Among into early resignation before she supposedly assigned them to private business with her person. Notably among the 24 MP is the four commissioner including Mathias Mpuuga, Ministers Peter Ogwang and Henry Musaasizi, Hon. Kateshumbwa, Prossy Mbabazi, Afwoyo Chan, Didan Muwanguzi, and Najjuma Sarah.

The Auditor General Conduits

Intelligence has it that Among was also using the Office of The Auditor General to her personal benefit. Known to be good in tapping into ministries and government agencies, Among reportedly head-hunded the current Auditor General Edward Akol, from within Parliament corridors. This stance, away from him being from her home of Bukedea. Appointed and sworn in in July 2024, succeeding John F. S. Muwanga, Edward Akol is reported to have been working for both Government and the person of Among. To help him experdite his duties, two of his Directors Martin Bamulumbye and Joseph Hirya are supposedly handy.

Who is Martin Bamulumbye

A resident of Bunga, a holder of a Bachelors of Commerce degree in Accounting from Makerere University and a Certified Public Accountant of over 17 years with membership of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda, Bamulumbye also holds a Masters of Business Administration.

He Joined the Office of the Auditor General in 1994 as an Auditor and rose through the ranks to the current position of Director Central Government 1, the same government that audits the office of the President, office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Office of the Director of Public prosecutions, Ministry of Defence, Uganda Police, State House and all classified expenditures.

Bamulumbye has audited the above named institutions for the last 20 years as the Director. He has has been, reportedly successful in overriding staff rules that require rotation of staff every three years because of the power he wields in the office of the Auditor General. “He [reportedly] dictates what happens in the office that should be the custodian of public trust,” offers the source.

Word has it that because he had always had the Speakers ear, he would hol the Bukedea-born Auditor General Akol by the waist. This is commonly known as “okukwaata jeeke” in Luganda. Like in the case of Ex Speaker Among, Bamulumbye is said to weild super powers before Uganda Police, Public Prosecutions, the Judiciary and Uganda prisons. This stance, because he has closely worked with them for the last twenty plus years, and is allegedlly on their monthly retainer.

Of Joseph Hirya

Joseph Hirya is a prominent audit professional, serving as the Director of Audit (Central Government II) at the Office of the Auditor General. He frequently represents the Auditor General in official government, petroleum sector, and international audit engagements. Hirya is as well responsible for directing major government audits, representing the Auditor General in national policy matters, and overseeing institutional capacity-building initiatives. How are the above connected to the on-goings? … Watch the Space…

Even with the bulging number of examples of the hitherto powerfuls who were humiliated before being dumped, Among couldn’t stop for a minute, just to imagine or suggest herself in their position. Names like Samson Babi Mululu Kisekka, Amama Mbabazi, Baalibaseka Bukenya, Gen. Kale Kayihura or at worst, Nobel Mayombo and or, Gen Nyakayirima, at no time made any sense to Among!

An old Luganda adage goes thus; Olunatta Wambwa lumuziba ennyindo. This loosely mean that a desease targetting to kill a Dog attacks its nose first. That way, the poor dog can easily eat anything poisonous since it lost the sense of smell. To the knowledgeable, Speaker Among had long lost her sense of smell. She did all it takes to drag her close to any tribe of danger and, kaboom. The Rolls Royce triggered everything back, sending her into house arrest in just a brink.

Sadly, as she goes off the stage, her hitherto vibrant helpers, acquitances, potential accomplices, and or, condiuts within Parliament, Government agencies and ministries remain not at ease. While the public continues to decry the theft of taxpayers` money in the August House, the real focus is now directed to the Auditor General`s Office, the Clerk to Parliament Adolf Kasaija Mwesigye and Head of Finance at Parliament, Patrick Kunobwa among others.

Whereas the others are obvious, starters will wonder how the Auditor General relates with Parliament affairs. And here, we shall give prominence to AG`s connection, in this first of the `No Longer at Ease` series in these pages. For starters, the Auditor General`s Office was established under Article 163 of the Constitution and is the supreme audit authority.

The Auditor General`s primary role is to audit and report to Parliament, on the public accounts of Uganda, ensuring transparency, fiscal discipline, and value for money in the management of public funds. Under Rt. Hon. Anita Among`s reign, the AG has been supposedly reduced to be working for the Speaker`s person and not the public as required.

Who is Who at The AG`s Office

With so much reported graft within the August House itself, one would wonder who is in charge of audit at Parliament! There are many more institutions that such graft is happening in an unchecked manner. And were told that these are audited by two directors at the AG`s Office, who have wielded so much power to the extent that they supposedly have overpowered the Auditor General himself, Edward Akol, making him a ceremonial official!

The above mentioned sectors include among others, Water, Education, Security, Agricultural, JLOS and Public Administration sector. These are under the two powerful directors Martin Bamulumbye and Joseph Hirya. Inernal information reaching our desk has it that one of them, Bamulumbye, is under the CDF`s team watch over corruption.

Strong allegations have it that Bamulumbye covers up payment for services in those sectors, costing tens of billions that are never delivered. “He has made the heads of these institutions as `strategic allies`”. Our source offered. On the other hand, his colleague, Hirya is supposedly no different. “They run the office of the auditor general like a cartel where they are in charge of institutions that have the biggest budgets in the country,” says the authoritative source.

The same is witnessed in the audits at the ministry of Water and Environment, Office of the Prime Minister, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Agriculture and at the National Planning Authority. Whereas the Bukedea born AG Edward Akol was reportedly head-picked and recommended by the outgoing Speaker Anita Among, his two Directors are reported to have been closely working with the Speaker.

As investigatigations in Anita Among`s illicit wealth case takes form, the three officers at the AGs office are reportedly targetted along with other officials at the Parliament. The latter include the Clerk to Parliament Adolf Kasaija Mwesigye, the Head of Finance Patrick Kunobwa and the already arrested Chris Obore among others. Sources have it that Amongs raid was sparked by her attempts last night, to block MPs from attending the incoming Speaker, Jacob Oboth-Oboth`s thanksgiving in Mukono.

In the above efforts, she was being helped by the already netted Chris Obore and Justin Nameere. Before taking this edition to bed, Police and SFC had already raided the already House Arrested Speaker`s home in Nakasero. Whereas Police`s Crime Investigations Directorate (CID) detectives initially took the shot at the home search, SFC took over the command to recover hard cash, files and her travel documents. By the time we uploaded this article, plans were underway to have some of the posh cars towed to the police.  Watch this space…

KAMPALA, Uganda: Dark clouds, thick with suspicion, deceit, and death have rolled over the once flamboyant, self-styled tycoon Bryan White, born Brian Kirumira. The man, who strutted Kampala’s nightlife as a “philanthropic socialite” now stands at the center of a chilling mystery that has jolted the city’s elite and shaken the very foundations of his glittering empire.

Suspicious Activity and Sudden Arrests

According to Bibiana, her team arrived at the Katanga residence on November 2nd 2023, following the death via shooting, of businessman Henry Katanga. From the onset, she said, inconsistencies among domestic workers raised red flags. She testified that she arrested `Dr.` Charles Otai and Patricia Kakwanza, the deceased’s daughter, immediately after her senior, Detective ACP Bob Kagarura confronted Otai, asking if he knew he was speaking to a police officer.

This confrontation followed overheard conversations between Otai and Patricia, allegedly agreeing on a false version of events. Bibiana went on to arrest George Amanyire, one of the household staff, after Musede, another worker. Amanyire had been found“mopping blood” at the scene. Another househelper, Nantume, was detained after CCTV footage showed her cleaning downstairs. When questioned, she said she had been called upstairs by Amanyire.

Chef Nuwahereza was also arrested after claiming he had no idea there was a body in the house and had remained in the kitchen. However, CCTV footage revealed that he and Amanyire had changed clothes during the crucial morning hours from around 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m, when the household’s routine abruptly shifted and the cameras temporarily went off.

When the footage resumed, several people appeared in different clothes. This, Bibiana said, reinforced suspicions of a deliberate attempt to conceal evidence and mislead investigators “From what we saw, there was clearly a coordinated effort to change the scene,” she testified, adding that “it was not natural.”

Enters The Curious Case of A-PLUS Funeral Services

Adding to the suspicion, Bibiana said that on the same morning, A-PLUS Funeral Services arrived to collect Katanga’s body, even though police had not made the call. Typically, she noted, funeral service companies collect remains from police mortuaries, not private homes.

Her intelligence team later informed her that A-PLUS had been called by a man identifying himself as Dr. Otai, who claimed the body should be taken to Bombo Military Hospital and recorded as an accident case. A-PLUS confirmed that the authorization contact came from a woman’s number later linked to Patricia Kakwanza.

Bibiana told court how she wrote to A-PLUS, seeking verification. The company responded in a stamped letter dated November 18, 2023, confirming that calls had been made on November 2 at 9:00 a.m, notably, before any police officer had reached the scene. The body, however, was eventually redirected to the KCCA mortuary for a formal post-mortem after police intervention.

Access Denied at IHK

The next day, November 3, 2023, Akongo’s team proceeded to the International Hospital Kampala (IHK) to interview Accused Number One (A1), Molly Katanga, the widow and primary suspect. But upon arrival, they found Special Forces Command (SFC) soldiers guarding the ward. “They told us they had orders from a man named Geoffrey Kamuntu, who claimed to be Molly’s brother and next of kin,” Bibiana recounted.

When Bibiana finally accessed the ICU area, she found Molly sitting upright on a bed, texting on her phone, with no life support machines around her. Yet, the hospital staff had insisted she was in the Intensive Care Unit. Smelling a foul play and fearing an escape, police deployed counter-officers around the hospital.

Their concerns deepened after intelligence suggested plans were underway to smuggle Molly out of the country through Kenya. Indeed, Molly had unsuccessfully asked the President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, to allow her go get specialized treatment from Kenya. Bibiana said her team discovered a long ladder, positioned at Molly’s hospital window at night, which IHK claimed, was part of renovations.

When Molly was later scheduled for a surgery allegedly lasting three hours, she remained in theatre for over twelve hours. When police attempted to monitor her, Kamuntu allegedly grabbed an officer, preventing access, resulting in a scuffle and his arrest for obstruction of justice.

Police management later briefed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who wrote to the Ministry of Health, requesting a team of independent specialists to examine Molly. Two months later, in January 2024, doctors concluded she was medically capable of giving a statement, which she eventually did, with her lawyers present.

Scene Reconstruction and Missing CCTV Footage

Bibiana’s testimony also revealed major inconsistencies with the home’s CCTV footage. While cameras captured regular activity on November 1, 2023, including both Henry and Molly returning home that evening, the recording for November 2nd was partially missing.

Notably, the footage that should have shown Molly leaving home and the daughters, Patricia Kakwanza and Marthar Nkwanzi returning, was absent. Electrical checks confirmed there was no power outage or load-shedding that morning, a finding verified by Umeme, the power distributor.

Police obtained a court order to access the property’s electricity data, but when Umeme and police technicians arrived, armed soldiers allegedly blocked them, tearing up the court order and barring entry. “We found the army deployed at the deceased’s home,” Akongo said. “They refused us access to the meter and destroyed the court order.”

A Scene Already Changed

During her testimony, Bibiana described the Katanga home as a “tampered” crime scene. She said the gun had been moved from the master bedroom to another room by Patricia, while Amanyire had collected a live bullet and placed it on the bed. She also noted that `Dr.` Charles Otai arrived at the scene carrying an unidentified bag, having already met with Molly before police arrived. “This was not the original scene,” she emphasized, adding that the “evidence had been moved, cleaned, and altered before we got there.”

Right-Handed Shooter?

In her final remarks, Bibiana said forensic checks showed the deceased’s firearm was legally owned and regularly renewed, with no record of misuse. Training records from the Police Training School in Kibuli confirmed Katanga was right-handed, an important detail as investigators try to establish whether the gunshot wound could have been self-inflicted.

Reading The Unwritten

Bibiana’s meticulous testimony, stretching over two full court days, left defense lawyers visibly unsettled as she recounted, document by document, the sequence of arrests, intercepted plans, and recovered inconsistencies that form the backbone of the state’s case. The trial continues, with cross-examination of the lead investigator expected to test the credibility of her evidence, and possibly unravel what truly happened inside the Katanga home on that fateful morning of November 2, 2023.

The kibanja was still a subject of litigation in a case pending before Justice Susan Kanyange (SK) and lodged by Rose Nabusoba Namakula, a widow aged 64. That case sought to block auction of a subject kibanja based on loans NCBA purportedly granted to the third parties without Nabusoba’s knowledge, consent and approval.

As she still waited for her earlier case’s hearing and resolution before Judge Susan Kanyange, a supposed impostor, Margaret Namayanja, went behind her back, lodging another case before Justice Batala, based on the same facts as the ones earlier lodged by the widow, accusing NCBA exactly of what the widow was also doing.

Namayanja and NCBA quickly compromised their case and Justice Aisha Naluzze Batala quickly acceded to the auction of a kibanja which was still a subject of litigation in Namusoba’s case before Batala’s colleague, Susan Kanyange. Thereafter, NCBA based on Batala’s verdict and quickly disposed of a kibanja still under contestation, removing away from the case pending before Justice Kannyange, a critical bone of contention which was still pending a resolution.

From the proceeds, Namayanja shared a cool UGX100m, the bank took UGX400m and the lawyers involved in the case smiled to the bank with a cool UGX50m. Not a bad harvest really from a case that had been compromised in a matter of days. To the widow’s shock and dismay, Gen Museveni seemingly ignored her petition, elevating Batala to a substantive judge, despite having given away her supposed kibanja.

And just recently, the Fountain of Honor appointed Batala an Inspectorate of Government, dashing the widow’s hopes to secure any justice from anywhere in the country. Consequently, a landless and deeply traumatized Namusoba, has finally decided to retreat to her ancestral village in Busoga and die.

“My friend, the poor woman went back to Busoga to die,” an audibly dejected lawyer, who privately and commendably prosecuted a widow’s case, stated when reached for a comment and quickly hung up. Prior to giving up, a law abiding citizen, Namusoba duly took her greviences to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) mandated to reprimand the  suspectedly errant judges.

But the JSC led by Justice Dr Douglas Isingiza, for a period spanning over six months, neglected to attend to the widow’s petition, potentially resolving her dispute. Additionally, JSC  did not presumably provide professional advice to the President, to potentially halting Batala’s first confirmation and second appointment as an IGG.

JSC’s inaction, rendered pointless, the widow’s petition, demanding for justice, leaving at-large a judge suspected of professional misconduct, that culminated into conversion of a widow’s purported kibanja, prompting an aggrieved, sad  betrayed and landless elderly petitioner to return to her village out of frustration, waiting for her death.

JSC’s inaction reflects bias and favoritism with which the group handle a certain category of their own judicial officers suspected of professional misconduct. Secondly, the inaction highlights JSC’s lack of care and doesn’t bode well for the critical need to render  accountability by the suspectedly errant judicial officers dragged to JSC for administrative reprimand.

Furthermore, the inaction negates the duty placed on JSC to promote professional and ethical standards among members of the bench. Additionally, the inaction makes a mockery of the cardinal duty of JSC to promote and foster the rule of law.

Most of all, the inaction of JSC scandalizes a country’s leader, Gen Museveni, having appointed a judge still faced with issues of integrity and professionalism, especially because the responsible professional body neglected to resolve the judge’s issues, let alone to advise the appointing authority to halt his actions pending resolution of the issues a widow accused a judge of.

Finally, though it can be assumed that JSC covered up their own, but records probably never go stale, and they  will inform posterity that a judge one time in the past had issues and a JSC led by Justice Dr Douglas Isingiza denied both a petitioner and a judge an audience and therefore deprived them both, of justice.

Moments later, she received another call from another junior, Detective IP Emmanuel Ogwang, already stationed at the scene, urging her to join in immediately. When Akongo arrived at around 10 a.m., she found Ogwang with a few officers and three individuals namely; Patricia Kakwanza, George Amanyire, and Charles Otai. Ogwang, after a preliminary look, whispered the unthinkable! “This is no suicide. It’s homicide.” Patricia, however, pressed him to report the incident as an accident. He refused.

The First Encounters

At the trial before Lady Justice Rosette Comfort Kania, Detective Akongo is the latest witness and, in these lines is a story of how she narrated the same to court. Back at the scene, Akongo introduced herself with authority, approached Patricia for guidance to the crime scene. Patricia referred her to Amanyire, who in turn pointed her toward Otai, a nurse at Bugoloobi Medical Center who, eventually directed her to the bedroom.

When questioned, Charles Otai gave his version, saying Henry Katanga had shot himself. He further claimed that Henry’s wife, Molly Katanga was away at State House for work. Otai continued to report that upon hearing the news of her husband`s supposed sucide, Mollyreportedly collapsed and was rushed to the hospital.

Inside the Master Bedroom

The bedroom door was locked, key inserted from the outside. At Akongo’s instruction, Otai opened it. Inside, she found a small mattress near the door, with a human body shrouded in a bedcover. She observed the deceased, Henry Katanga`s hands were bound to his torso, legs tied, and head secured. The main bed, was soaked with blood and a pistol that was carelessly placed at the bed’s edge.

Looking at the scene, Akongo developed suspicions that led to more questions. When she asked Otai to explain more, his story shifted. He now claimed that he found Katanga already dead with Patricia and Martha Nkwanza in the room. When he asked where the pistol was, Patricia allegedly told him she had hidden it in another room. On his insistence, she returned it to the bedroom!

For Akongo, the evidence was stark; On the floor was an intact live bullet. “An automatic pistol cannot eject a live bullet unless deliberately chambered, suggesting tampering,” she testified. Again, the bullet that struck Katanga was never recovered, though deformed fragments should have existed if it hit a hard surface. “This was no suicide—it was homicide.”

Calling Reinforcements

Akongo approached her supervisor, SSP Bob Kagarura and a one Mr. Okurut, briefing them and requesting for a backup. She also escalated to the chain of command at SOCO. Meanwhile, she secured a key witness, a one Nantume, the family cleaner. Nantume revealed she had been summoned the previous day by Molly Katanga, who asked her to return on the very morning of the murder to help with cleaning.

When backup arrived, Kagarura, Okurut, and Mbabazi deepened the investigation. As Bibiana led them around the scene, Kagarura revealed a shocking twist! He had personally overheard Otai and Patricia conspiring to align their stories. Confronted, Otai faltered, now offering a third version.

In his revised account, Otai claimed he was at Bugolobi Medical Centre, and received Patricia, who had rushed her mother there after an alleged accident. He referred them to IHK. While at IHK, Patricia supposedly received a call from Martha, saying their “father wasn’t fine.” Otai then proceeded to Katanga’s home, where George Amanyire led him to the bedroom. There, he found Henry dead and was told it was suicide. But again, Bibiana was unconvinced.

She elected to follow the hospital trail, tracing the events back to Bugolobi Medical Centre and at IHK. At Bugolobi, she was handed a referral letter, citing a “road traffic accident.” At IHK, authorities produced an emergency assessment form, again, listing a “car crash injury.” Obviously, both accounts conflicted with those of Patricia and Otai’s shifting versions.

Bibiana further testfied that on that day, 2nd November 2023, herself, with Kagarura, Okurut, Mbabazi, and a SOCO from Kabalagala, attempted to access Molly at IHK, but a one Dr. Kavuma blocked them. However, SOCO Birungi gained entry and collected crucial evidence including swabs from Molly, bedsheets from both IHK and Bugolobi, and one dress. Curiously, Bugolobi bedsheet bore no blood, hence raising questions about staged evidence.

The Conclusion

With the tangled web of lies, disappearing bullets, and inconsistent medical records, Detective SP Bibiana Akongo presented her findings in Court. Her testimony was clear – Henry Katanga did not commit suicide. The evidence pointed unmistakably to homicide, concealed by a network of conspirators weaving conflicting stories. Her Testmony continues…

But Mayinja’s commentary prudently  avoided declaring a nation’s judicial system as being a Temple of Injustice. Now, in an interesting development, the Uganda judiciary stand accused of infamously denying an audience to a victim of landing grabbing.

This view, after the judiciary directed a victim to deposit in court thirty million shillings . This stance, as s condition to meet first before entertaining his griviences. Supposing it’s true, a nation’s judiciary favored a criminal and betrayed a victim of a crime. Interestingly, the victim of a crime is nation Uganda’s law enforcement officer.

Known as Richard Gitta, the nation’s law enforcement officer has for the last two decades diligently served under the Uganda Police. Imagine! A kibanja belonging to a law enforcement officer was reportedly grabbed and he cannot use the law he enforces and rescues the same.

Problematically, government pays the nation’s policeman a monthly salary barely enough to sustain him, let alone his family members. Therefore, a law enforcement officer cannot raise funds set by courts, and therefore retreated from the so-called Temple of Justice.

As he coils, Gitta is seriously perturbed and hurts as he rues missing out on a kibanja whose worth exceeds six hundred million shillings. His late father, Mzee Godfrey Sekagya, bestowed on him the kibanja in issue. Consequently, grabbing Gitta’s inheritance, turns him into a modern day biblical Esau.

His father died without reclaiming the kibanja whose grandfather had compassionately lent to a one Hassan Kasozi (HK), to strictly use to grow food for his and his family’s consumption. Measuring half an acre, the property is located in Wakimese zone, Kyengera Town Council, at least eight miles along Kampala-Masaka Highway.

When Gitta claimed the kibanja in question, HK told him that his late grandfather sold it to him. But the area Wakimese Local Council rejected HK’s assertions, and authored a report dated November 17th 2017, upholding Gitta’s ownership of the property under contestation. A Uganda Police Land Protection Unit  under Charles Mutungi authored a second report in October 2021, cementing Gitta’s proprietorship.

The President’s Office based on the above-mentioned police report, underlining Gitta’s proprietorship. The President’s Office’s position dated December 10th 2021 was authored by a presidential aide known as Ssaalongo Hudson Senkaayi. A Mpigi magistrate, Robert Imalingat handled the case filed by HK, ruling in his favor.

Notably, His Worship Imalingat relied on an agreement attributed to Gitta’s late grandfather. The document  bore no any witness from the late Alikadi Sekagya’s family to whom it was attributed by HK and Imalingat. The single witness who appeared on the document was HK’s relative.

Finally, not a single member from Wakimese Local Council witnessed the document, let alone stamped it. But His Worship Imalingat declared it  as good as any other lawful agreement, even in the absence of a Handwriting expert’s report. Aggrieved, Gitta filed for a review of Imalingat’s verdict, contending that a mere magistrate lacked jurisdiction to try a land dispute whose worth exceeded five hundred million shillings.

A judge, Anthony Oyuko Ojok swept aside a valuation report duly tabled by Gitta, labeling it an afterthought piece of evidence , skirting a more serious issue of jurisdiction duly raised by Gitta. And Gitta cannot continue to pursue justice in courts because he lacks the UGX30M deposit which the so-called Temple of Justice wants paid first before handling his issues. But seriously probing, who will assist a nation’s diligent law enforcer to access justice? Watch this space

Too fictious it felt, and, or even sounded unbeleivable, when on the afternoon of 2nd April 2025, news went viral on social media, supposing that Jolin Kanoheri aka Mutesi, a 40yr old resident of Mutungo Hill, and wife to Chris Rugari, a Uganda`s consul to Zimbabwe, had instantly stamped a permanent fullstop onto her two-and-a-half-year old son, Nganwa Rugari`s tender life! Too cruel to be real, but sadly, it’s a registered case before police and court!

In these lines lies our first story titled; Filicide Most Ugly: From Lovebirds to Murder Dockets, to the Slope into Darkness, to The Sex Scandals and Smart Wire Tales, The Investigator Rises To Work. As earlier suggested, this aint a story one would fonder writing about repeatedly… But here we are, simply to put back on track, what the suspects` agents and apologists, direly intend to divert the public from – the truth.

How It Unfolded

For starters, stories are rife how, Kanoheri, on April 1^st 2025 at 11Pm, reportedly rushed her now demised son, to a Kitintale-premised medical facility. Here, she reported how the kid had supposedly skidded through the window at the second floor of their house. She argued the doctors to do admit the boy and apply treatment. The doctor on duty examined the child and tentatively prescribed painkillers, as well as recommending a CT scan, due to the reported fall.

Upon completion of the examination, the hospital determined the child was well, had not fallen whatsoever, and turned down Kanoheri`s suggestion to have them admitted. They however advised the mother to instead give the lad some food before giving her the prescribed painkillers. They further released the boy but reserved their observations and concerns about her choice to lie about her own child.

“We were very disturbed, shocked and confused why she had cooked up a `fall` story about her own child! Her intentions and motive were illusion to us… but we got the answer the following day!” a credible source from the hospital management confided. Indeed, on April 2^nd 2025 at 5am, she again called the hospital, telling them how her son was badly off and that she was on her way to deliver him. On arrival, the lad was declared dead!

Here, Joline blamed the Doctors and the hospital at large, for her child`s demise. Reason? They had `refused` to admit him the previous evening! Little did she know that the hospital had already questioned her intentions and, upon declaring the baby dead, they legally contacted police to take up the matter. A few minutes after, she called the family lawyer, announced the baby`s death and the lawyer passed on the sad news to the father and eventually, other family members.

Police Action

On reaching the hospital, the father, Chris Rugari and family members concurred with Joline, who was already demanding for the release of the body, to have the same passed on to the funeral service managers, for the next course – funeral arrangements and eventual burial. As the hospital management dillydallied, police arrived. After a brief closed-door encounter with the management, police announced to the family how their purpose was to question Joline about how the child met his death.

“Get serious guys. You mean my wife killed our son? This is a wastage of our time really,” the innocent Chris reportedly charged at the detectives. But they actually meant business. It is here that Joline was arrested first, taken back home to reconstruct for police, how the boy supposedly fell from the window at the second floor. Here, police realized her story, and that of their maid, Robina Nabbanja, 24, weren’t adding up.

However, police opened an enquiry before forwarding the body to Mulago Hospital for the postmortem and further management. Back to the investigations, Nabbanja had reportedly thundered thus; “Temunyingiza mu bintu byammwe,” loosely meaning, “Don’t involve me in your stuff.” This statement meant volumes to the police – something wrong had happened and the maid wanted out of it.

The Investigations

By committing the offense, according to the continuing revelations, Joline must have thought all was going to stop at her story. Never to involve police investigations and or, extend to a postmortem performance. “Yafudde mafumira” is the Luganda word normally used in her ancient homeplace of Ngoma, especially in cases of fatal accidents whose victims sustain no external injuries. It loosely means someone died of “internal bleeding!”

Upon the release of the autopsy, it was revealed that the young boy died following instant deprivation of oxygen. This implied someone denied him of breath, by suffocating him. Immediately, Joline and her family members contacted a popular army general, complaining that Rugari`s rich family had influenced the autopsy results! The General in return reached out to Uganda Police chief pathologist SCP Dr. Byaruhanga, and relayed the same protest!

Sensing a new twist taking shape, the no-nonsense pathologist recalled the body which had already been released to the family for burial arrangements. He then invited three more senior collogues, including a visiting Kenyan Doctor, to redo the postmortem. Again, all the four pathologists` results concurred with the previous one. The cause of little Rugari`s death was none but instant deprivation of oxygen!

The above now confirmed Joline and her family`s fear of a case registered unto her name. The same also gave credence to the hospital management, and police detectives` instincts, suggesting a filicide having been committed by Joline. Why she lied about her starved child`s health and eventual death became the center of investigation, firstly, in search of the motive.

And hence, the layers began to peel back, revealing a scandal-filled marriage, secret lovers, aka smart wires, betrayal, and an emotional war that had been simmering for years. This stance, as reported in our part one of these series. That Joline had denied food to her son before cynically seeking the `medical attention` for the alleged `fall` at home, plus denying him oxygen and hence, instantly killing him, became an ingredient in the supposed circumstantial evidence being sought against her.

Furthermore, detectives unraveled that two of little Rugari`s siblings, the second and third borns, and the same whom DNA had denied the Rugari paternity, had been whisked away on the night before their half-brother’s demise! To this end, police are yet to establish their whereabouts. The whisking away of these lads provoke vivid memories of Katanga murder case under trial, where a seven-year-old was taken out of the home before his father`s brutal demise!

Again, in Juvenal Nsenga case, where his wife Jackline Uwera Nsenga, 36, was convicted of his murder and handed a 20-year prison sentence, all the children and house-helps had the previous day, been taken away from home. Given the already determined facts above, the removal of the children from home, by Joline on the fateful day, therefore, contributes largely to the ingredients of the circumstantial evidence being compiled against her.

Furthermore, having sensed she had indeed had a case to her name, Joline gave to police, a false identity of her person, calling her self Joline Mutesi. The name Mutesi, it was established, had never been hers, not even at one moment being her petty name. Police hence summoned for her passport which gave them the right name of Kanoheri Joline as being her only name. This gave weight to reports that she had plans to change her identity and switch countries at any given chance of a slight freedom!

Again, at home during the vigil and funeral service at home in Mutungo, detectives observed Joline`s actions with great suspicion. As everyone was busy with funeral arrangements, she called her mechanics and spent most of her time monitoring the major services on her car! Again, she called in her hairdressers to work on her beauty needs as family and friends mourned on. Her actions loaded more volumes to suggestions that she had plans to flee the country to a neighboring DR Congo at any grabbed chance immediately before or after burial in Kisoro, Kabaare.

Now What? Well, we understand the no-nonsense CID Boss, Maj. Tom Magambo`s lads are still sweeping for more incriminating evidence against her, and her accessory. Good news, Jolin and Robinah are in prison. The country is still in shock. And at The Investigator, we rose to work, following this case to its bitter end. This stance, because in the middle of all this drama, betrayal, and heartbreak, one person matters most. His name is Rugari Nganwa. A life lost too soon. A child who had no voice. … watch this space.