Winkle Wa Karitundu, professionally known as Rutamirika was an Ugandan playwright, actor, producer and singer-songwriter.
[2] Rutamirika wrote and produced low budget films and stage productions in Runyankole-Rukiga languages from the late 1980s under his real name Winkle Karitundu.
[3] Rutamirika was murdered at his residence's entrance in Kevina, Nsambya, in Kampala on the night of March 15, 2008 while he and his wife returned home from the nearby Texas Club Nsambya which they owned.
Bulira had met Rutamirika at the Texas club where he was a regular customer and big spender, and had become friends.
The judge Justice Catherine Bamugemereire of the High Court of Uganda argued that Mrs. Karitundu did not actually bludgeon her husband but needed to be punished for planning a murder.