“He felt so fearful of his life,” Naomi Gasana Kashishani Nyangweso told mourners at their country home then. He probably had had this strange feeling for some weeks. And his instincts served the mystery on him that 2^ndday of November! He returned home in the wee hours of the morning, probably from a night-long shy away, to meet his death. Just like he had confided in Naomi, his life had been in danger for some time.

“I’m being trailed. Even here, I feel I am followed.” He had called Naomi in Bugoloobi for a quick talk. These words, after Naomi wondered why he was using a cab instead of driving his car. “I know you have a knack to complain about everything. I beg of you Naomi, keep your mouth shut for once. Even at the wedding, please ignore anything strange. Don’t talk about anything,” Naomi narrated her last talk with Henry days before his death.

Surprisingly, the person he feared most as his chief trailer, and at whose hands, he feared for his life, is the same person the Director of Public Prosecution (PPD), preferred as culpable for his death. Her name is Molly Katanga, his wife of over thirty years! We have since gathered that the duo had had a deep-seated dispute about the entire wedding preparations of their daughter Patricia Katanga.

That ugly morning of 2^nd November, four days after Patricia`s wedding, a brawl is reported to have ensued in their bedroom. To this, the 60yr old city businessman Henry Katanga stopped a bullet through his left jaw – and he succumbed to the same! According to Patricia, who claims to have been the first to arrive at the scene, Katanga`s body was lying in a pool of blood on the bed, and her mother, was equally lying down, `unconscious`…!

What followed are a concoction of stories, through which, the world now knows, serve to trade two narrations, about how Katanga met his death. Molly`s side came first with the widespread narration of suicide. They insinuated that following the said brawl – whose origin no one is desirous of telling, Katanga realized that he had probably killed his wife, after he `badly` hit and `smashed` her head. And for that, he allegedly chose to kill self as well!

Probably for it to be embraced by the general public, this account was engineered through the government newspaper. This was backed by a strong warning from Police, curtailing youtubers, vloggers, bloggers and social media personalities from commenting about the matter. However, their narration seems to have been swiftly hatched! So hurriedly so, it instead created more questions than the desired answers.

The gesture of giving the monopoly to a single newspaper instead jeopardized their arrangements in entirety! Members of the public and journalists elsewhere, started pinching holes into the poorly driven narrative and hence, contrary to the suicide theory, a growing consensus emerged, casting doubts on Molly’s account and suggesting a premeditated murder instead.

The Story

You may need to know that in the murder version narrative, the Molly side has done a great job to implicate their own! For starters, it is important to know that without evidence, there is no criminal case and hence, no conviction. There are many types of evidence and they all seek to prove different things in criminal cases. But two types – direct, and circumstantial are commonly used form of evidence in such criminal cases.

Remarkably, most of the pinning evidence used in murder cases like this of Katanga, is circumstantial. Circumstantial evidence is proof of a fact or facts from which a detective or investigating officers could solve the question. For instance, if its proven as suggested that Molly, who was reportedly unconscious, was, actually seen booking herself into IHK Hospital, detectives would solve quite a number of questions via this one fact.

The veil shrouding this tragedy continues to freely unravel with the help of the shiftily panicky Molly group. Upon other players coming on board to interrogate the unknown, her lawyers of Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA) penned the DPP, Justice Frances Abodo. Their plea was for her to prevail over detectives, for allegedly leaking their findings to a family member, Barnabas Taremwa, whom they claim, used the same to call for an inquest!

We want to believe beyond reasonable doubt that the wording of their letter (which is already in circulation), can easily be used by any serious detective to extract circumstantial evidence particulars. “Given the extent of Molly Katanga`s injuries, it is impossible for one to fathom that she could have been involved in any act that caused her late husband`s death. We know that those trying to portray our clients as criminals have sinister motives and are not seeking justice,” wrote the learned team of friends!

Whereas in Katanga`s case, a gun was recovered from the scene, we are yet to learn of any retrieved weapon the late could have allegedly used, to hit Molly into the reported comatose! On the other hand, KAA`s letter seems an excerpt from a lengthy missive authored through a little-known `news` website, last week on November 28^th. This dossier labors to water down all the believable theories surrounding the murder version narrative.

In a snap, all stories, letters and dossiers authored in a bid to direct the narrative are, but a set of well-compiled circumstantial evidence against Molly. The lengthy missive under review, which was debatably authored, directed to be authored and or meditated for authoring by none other than Molly, or her close agent, speak volumes. And it is full of potential circumstantial evidence as well, that any formidable detective can extract.

It speaks of a “pauper Katanga” but with a proper, well connected family lineage and clear origin! The same also portrays a “moneybags” Molly, with no trace of proper family lineage, yet sandwiched by loaded and connected friends and army Generals! This is not to mention that the only occupation the dossier mentions, was her being a submissive housewife to the Late James Katanga!

The rest of the dossier is a public property to whoever is closely following this ugly murder case. It tells all that is there to explain who did what and why, all in the name of portraying Molly and other accomplices, as clean as a whistle! It however fails to qualify why Katanga reportedly used more than one bullet `to kill` himself! It however tells how Patricia tried to rush her “unconscious” mother to Bugoloobi Medical Center, then along the way, got caught in jam, then jumped onto a boda-boda with the same `comatose` Molly and tried to dash to IHK before an ambulance got to her rescue!

However, the same `Molly Dossier` explains how Bugoloobi Medical Center Doctors advised Patricia to instead take Molly to IHK, citing her status of a `smashed` head! Do we need to reiterate that the duo didn’t reach Bugoloobi? Lest we forget… the same missive tells how Molly, a longtime dealer in security gadgets, has no knowledge of how to fire a gun! Not funny at all.

The Possible Motive

In the realm of Western traditions, upholding public appearances remains a common practice, even when a couple’s relationship reaches irreparable depths. Reading between lines of Naomi`s account, Molly and Henry’s shared room was seemingly the only semblance of unity between them. However, their relationship was marred by deep-rooted conflicts that warranted physical separation as the only plausible solution.

Katanga`s death is unveiling hidden family dynamics and it is stirring a storm of speculation and suspicions, leaving a nation gripped with unresolved mystery as to what could have caused it. Why didn’t she walk away? Why didn’t they separate instead? Why did Katanga take long to notice? Many questions with little or no answers. However, according to Naomi`s narration, Katanga was in his evening hours of total separation with Molly.

During their quick talk, he mentioned meeting his lawyer to finalize his Will, expressing his desire to prevent those who held animosity towards him from claiming a share of his wealth. Furthermore, independent sources reveal that apart from the Will, Katanga was on the verge of completing his divorce papers, a move seemingly contrary to Molly’s wishes.

Molly, whose main reason for inheriting Katanga as her new husband after the death of the latter`s brother James Katanga, was an unborn baby. She carried in her womb, a barely two months baby girl. Upon delivery, the tot was named Patricia Katanga – the same girl Molly chose to carry along, deep into this new, messy and criminal journey! This stance, not minding her four-day young marriage!

But alas! We gather that Henry had discovered how his late brother James, wasn’t the guy responsible for the pregnancy Molly carried at the time – the same for which, his royal family triumphed over him, to take in Molly as his wife and subsequently, his potential killer!