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Nairobi, (KE): The International Police (Interpol) Unit in Nairobi, Kenya’s Capital has confirmed the arrest of Dr Mathew Kirabo Wabulembo, a fugitive convicted of the murder of his lover, Desire Mirembe, then a medical student at Makerere University.
Kirabo’s arrest was confirmed by a security source, who provided limited details, stating that further information would be provided on the following day.
“The Interpol found him in Nairobi, Kenya,” said a high-profile police officer, adding that preparations are already underway to have the convict extradited to Uganda to face murder charges.
Kirabo’s arrest marks a significant development in a case that had seen him evade capture despite being convicted in absentia by the Mukono High Court last year.
Background to the case
Desire Mirembe 19, was reportedly murdered on July 10, 2015, by her boyfriend Mathew Kirabo and her body was discovered in Lugazi sugarcane plantations in Buikwe district on July 11, 2015.
Kirabo confessed to the murder and was charged at Jinja High Court, remanded at Nalufenya prison in Jinja.
The case was then moved to Mukono High Court on the instructions of the then principal judge Yorokamu Bamwine after the state complained that the crime had been committed in the Mukono jurisdiction.
On October 6, the High Court in Mukono finally started hearing the case after 6 years.
On November 3, 2021, Kirabo absconded from court which caused the state to ask court to order his sureties to pay Shs 50 Million each and the case then proceeded without the suspect.
The arrest is seen as a huge relief for Mirembe’s family which has been crying for justice since 2015.
In 2021, the High Court in Mukono ruled that Kirabo has a case to answer in the murder of Desire Mirembe.
The state adduced evidence from 15 witnesses to support the case against the suspect Kirabo.
Source:Daily Express