Reports say man confessed to Ugandan gay activist murder
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by PinkNews.co.uk Staff Writer
A man has reportedly confessed to killing Ugandan gay rights campaigner David Kato.
The campaigner was killed in his home last week and local police said today that a man had admitted to killing him in a “personal disagreement”.
Police spokesman Vincent Ssetake told Reuters.”The prime suspect, Nsubuga Enock, was arrested today at around 4pm when he went to visit his girlfriend.
“He has confessed to the murder. It wasn’t a robbery and it wasn’t because Kato was an activist. It was a personal disagreement but I can’t say more than that.”
Mr Enock is to appear in court this evening. He had been staying with Mr Kato after the activist paid his bail for theft offences.
Mr Kato’s driver was also arrested and it is not clear if he has been released.
Gay rights campaigners in Uganda are calling for a full investigation to uncover the motive for the murder.
They fear Mr Kato was killed because of his sexuality.
He had received death threats after successfully suing a newspaper for publishing his name, address and photo in an anti-gay campaign.
He was buried last week.
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Ugandan police say David Kato was killed over sex payment
Ugandan police have claimed that gay rights campaigner David Kato was killed by a man he had arranged to pay for sex.
Mr Kato, who was recently outed by a newspaper, was beaten to death with a hammer at his home last week.
His fellow activists said they feared he had been killed in a homophobic attack and urged police to investigate his death fully.
Police first said he had been killed in a robbery but yesterday they claimed that he was attacked by a a man he knew.
Enock Nsubuga, who was described by police as a “well-known thief”, was arrested this week at his girlfriend’s house.
Police say that Mr Kato bailed Mr Nsubuga out of prison in late January and that the suspect had been staying at his house.
Inspector General Kale Kayihura, told reporters yesterday: “According to the suspect he negotiated with the deceased to be paid money as he was to be used as a sexual partner.”
He added that Mr Kato refused to pay the money after the pair had sex.
“The following day Nsubuga confesses that he picked a hammer from the bathroom and hit him on the head,” Kayihura claimed.
“There is nothing concrete to suggest that Nsubuga was motivated by hate, although we are not dismissing it.”
Mr Kato had received death threats after successfully suing a newspaper for publishing his name, address and photo in an anti-gay campaign.
He was buried last week, although his funeral was disrupted when the pastor began urging gays to repent.
