The Uganda Police Force has said that they are working on obtaining a court order to exhume the body of National Unity Platform – NUP security member Frank Senteza for post mortem examination.

Senteza who was knocked dead on Sunday was buried on Monday afternoon at his ancestral home along Villa road, in Kalungu District, Central Uganda.

According to NUP Principal and party Presidential flag bearer Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi, his private body guard was knocked down by a speeding military car that had been blocking his convoy in Busega.

But UPDF spokesperson Brig Flavia Byekwaso says that the deceased wasn’t knocked but fell off a speeding campaign car which he was trying to jump on.

As part of investigations into the death of Senteza to find out the truth Police says their task teams have faced a setback after the victim was buried without being examined on post mortem.

“Yesterday 27.12.2020, the body of the victim was released with post mortem forms, by Rubaga Hospital to close relatives and NUP members for them to transfer the body to Mulago City Mortuary for postmortem analysis. Unfortunately, they diverted the Ambulance and the body of the victim to the NUP offices in Kamwokya, where a vigil was held,” Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said in a Monday statement.

“The body was thereafter, transferred to the deceased’s ancestral home in Kalungu Villa Road, for burial. Several engagements with the family including Major General Elly Kayanja, granted permission for a post mortem examination to be carried out in Masaka. Our team of pathologists flew by chopper to Masaka to conduct a joint postmortem analysis with family doctors, to help classify the cause of death and the nature of injuries.

“Despite clearance from the family, several NUP supporters who were aggressive blocked police efforts to have the body of the deceased examined by a joint team of medical experts. They proceeded to bury the victim, without postmortem examination. We are disturbed by the conduct of these supporters in blocking the postmortem examination,” Enanga added.

He revealed that the force has started the process of obtaining a court order to exhume the body of the victim for post mortem analysis, to classify the cause of death and the nature of injuries.

“The initiative is also a great opportunity for our task teams of investigators to make sure all the different parts of the investigations are completed.”