Rime Radio news reporter, Dickson Ssentongo, was brutally murdered Wednesday by unknown assailants. Ssentongo was attacked in the district of Mukono, which is west of Uganda's capital city of Kampala. According to AFP, 29-year old Ssentongo was involved in local politics, and was contesting local council polls on an opposition Democratic Party ticket. According to the party's spokesperson, Kenneth Kakande, "... the murder might have been politically motivated." Ssentongo's murder was commited by a group weilding iron-bars, which are known in Uganda as "katayimbwa." The murder of Dickson Ssentongo is now the second killing of a journalist in Uganda in less than a week, the first being Paul Kiggundu, who was lynched by a band of taxi-drivers Saturday. The two slayings do not appear to be linked, but Ugandan journalists still face an ever present threat.
By: Caleb B. Ray
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