According to Busonga East police spokesperson Ms Nandaula Diana the three suspects have so far been arrested and detained to aid in the investigation.
“ The trio aren’t prime suspects but will aid us in our investigations,” Ms Nandaula said .
However Nandaula asserted that the deceased was last seen at around 11 am on Saturday driving his vehicle towards his farm in Nanderema village in Bugiri district.
Meanwhile a close source to the family said the deceased went missing, they thought he had gone for a seminar and tried tracing him till Sunday when they started receiving phone calls from suspected kidnappers.
“ the kidnappers first rang asking for a ransom of Shs 50m before reducing it to Shs 20m then by Monday evening they demanded Shs 5M after which they asked ,you mean you have no money to give us? It was at this time that the kidnappers reportedly directed the family to the incomplete pit latrine where his body was despised.” the source said.
Meanwhile our media has so far established that the suspected kidnappers spent most of the time speaking with the daughter of the deceased Ms Kazungu Sheilah.
According to Mr Katambala Sam the deceased’s brother who was regularly with Ms Kazungu and occasionally eavesdropped on the conversation with his niece had with kidnappers said the family has “positively matched” the ransom seeking calls to two shamba boys.
“ they are people we have lived with who kept telling us stories of their school days so there is no way we could fail to identify them from their voices,” he said adding that Ms Kazungu was the only person speaking with the kidnappers.
However Ms Nandaula said the deceased was last seen talking to his casual labourers on the farm who have all since disappeared.
She further said a foul smell and flies drew residents to an incomplete pit latrine where they found the deceased with his legs bound with ropes.
In addition Nandaula added that the deceased was later taken to Bugiri hospital mortuary for an autopsy.
However Mr James Kalinaki the headteacher of Kibumba primary school praised the deceased for being at the forefront of improving the academic performance of schools in the district adding that last term he had started mobilising parents to feed learners.