Former National Boxing Team Captain, Zebra Ssenyange Mando Gunned Down, Police Start Investigations

Police in Kampala are investigating the death of Ugandan professional boxer Isaac Zebra Ssenyange, who was gunned down Tuesday night at his home in Bwaise, Kawempe division.

Also fondly known as Mando, Ssenyange was 39.

Police later reached the scene in Bugalani zone in Bwaise III and took his body to the City Mortuary at Mulago as investigations into his death got under way.

Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed the death of Ssenyange, a former captain of Uganda’s national boxing team, and promised to give a detailed statement in the course of the day.

The murdered boxer’s wife told residents that the people who killed her husband knocked on his door and upon opening, shot him several times.

They are at large and their motive unknown.

Charles Muhangi, the President of the Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF), said he is “saddened” by Ssenyange’s death.

“Am saddened by the brutal passing of my man, my friend, my everything. Till we meet again,” he posted on social media.

Ssenyange is a former national team (The Bombers) captain who featured prominently in the super heavy fights before he graduated from the amateurs setting to become a full professional.

By and large, his fifteen-year amateur career was highlighted by 195 wins and 19 losses before turning professional when he debuted against Kenya’s Patrick Amote in 2012.

At the time of his demise, Ssenyange has been employed by the Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) as the in-charge of general duties as he also coordinated his own Zebra Boxing Club.

He is survived by a widow, Mercy Ssenyange and one child, Isaac Ssenyange Junior.

Burial arrangements remain unknown at large as the investigations to poach the merciless assailants commence immediately.

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