Kibuku police officers on spot for robbing Shs500,000 from fish seller
On Wednesday evening, a 30-year-old silverfish vendor accused Kibuku police officers of beating him and stealing his Shs580,000.
Julius Kisadha, a resident of Bulyagana village, Wailama parish, Mpungwe sub-county in Mayuge district, said he was stopped by a Kibuku patrol police car at Kanyoro swamp after selling his silverfish at Goli Goli sub-county on his way to his friend’s home identified as Enos Lyadda, a resident of Katiryo 1 zone Kituti sub-county at 7:30 pm.
At around 7:30 p.m., he alleged, police officers on patrol pounced on him and beat him up.
He claimed that after whipping him, the officers loaded him into a car with his motorcycle, which had the registration number UAE 445H, but that when they arrived at the Kibuku health center gate, he was dumped and the officers rushed away with his motorcycle.
When contacted, ASP Godfrey Tumusiime, the acting Kibuku District Officers Commander, refuted the allegations, claiming that police had only assisted Kisadha after he was involved in an accident.
The motorcycle, he claimed, is being housed at CPS.
The Resident District Commissioner, Kikomeko Mwanamoiza, stated she was unaware of the occurrence but promised to investigate it.
This isn’t the first time that Kibuku police have been accused of torturing citizens. Musa Kamoi, a 50-year-old journalist, said in May that he was beaten up by police on the orders of Deputy CID Kibuku, identified as Stephen Bangire, for showing up at the police station to ask questions about a story about cattle theft in the district that resulted in a murder.
Anthony Wandera, a bodaboda who died at the Buseta trading center, was also suspected of having a hand in his death.
Over 40 inhabitants of the Lwatama sub-county accused police of abusing them and arrested them for allegedly blocking the road in July.
They were eventually released after allegedly paying each other $50,000.
Last Saturday, President Museveni delivered a security address in which he urged security agencies against violating Ugandans’ and other people’s human rights.
“No one should wear an army uniform if they do not respect the Ugandan people. When you’re in the army, don’t yell at people or beat up on them, even if they’re criminals. Children should not be beaten. Nobody should be able to defeat a Ugandan. One of the fundamental reasons why the NRM went to the bush and fought for all those years was to protect Ugandans’ human rights,” Museveni remarked on Saturday evening.
