It’s a dark day in Masaka as friends and family of departed National Unity Platform – NUP security member Francis Senteza have gathered to pay their last respects.

Senteza who was part of the security team guarding NUP presidential candidate Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi was knocked and killed on Sunday afternoon following a standoff between NUP supporters and security forces.

The NUP and their principal Bobi Wine said that the deceased was knocked down by a UPDF truck that was blockcing their convoy in Busega, Kampala.

But the UPDF has rubbished the allegations saying that Mr. Senteza fell off a campaign van.

“UPDF would like to clarify that the late Senteza Frank an NUP_Ug candidate close protection person was not knocked by a Military Police Vehicle as purported, but rather fell off a speeding Car Reg No UBF 850z (Drone) he tried to jump to but fell off,” UPDF spokesperson Brig Flavia Byekwaso said.

Senteza will be laid to rest at his ancestral home in Masaka City.