[1] The murder currently remains unsolved and a reward of £10,000 is offered by the independent charity, Crimestoppers, for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible.
[2] Kitandwe, who lived in the Battersea area of South London, had played for the Uganda national under-17 football team, including at the 2015 Africa Youth Qualifiers.
He was studying at South Thames College at the time of his murder and attended the Sacred Heart Church, Battersea where he was previously an altar boy.
Detective Chief Inspector Sam Price told the London Evening Standard that "This appears to have been a senseless attack on a young man and Matthew's family has been left devastated".
Police stated they wanted to trace an unknown group of black men seen at around 11am on the day of the murder in a silver car in Wayford Street.