Ugandan lawmakers have suspended sittings indefinitely after senior government officials failed to present an explanation for the killings of women around the capital, Kampala.
The parliamentarians on Tuesday decided to stop further meetings until they get reports from the government following those murders, amid fears they could be the work of a serial killer.
The East African country’s police say as least 20 women have been killed since June, creating fear among residents of Kampala.
Police spokesman Asan Kasingye on Wednesday said the killings are unrelated and there is no evidence yet of a serial killer. He however confirmed that police are still investigating.
Local media have reported that many of those women were sexually assaulted before being killed.
The latest incident involved a young woman, whose body was dumped at a car wash in the suburbs of the capital. Police said they had arrested and detained a suspect in that case.
The motion to suspend parliament sittings was introduced by an opposition lawmaker.
“We have no business in this house until we get information on why our women are being killed,” local Daily Monitor newspaper quotes MP Odonga Otto to say.
