Ugandan forensic experts at the scene where Police Spokesperson Felix
Kaweesi and two officers were shot dead on March 17, 2017 in Kampala.
PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI
By RAYMOND TAMALE
In Summary
Police say a number of arrests have been made in the March
17 assassination of the Ugandan police spokesman, Assistant Inspector
General of Police Andrew Felix Kaweesi. One of the suspects was
apparently arrested Tuesday as he tried to cross into the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
Inspector General of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura
told mourners at the burial of his assistant that a number of suspects
were already in police custody.
“We have arrested some people,” said Mr Kayihura. “In fact, one of them was arrested while trying to run to Congo.”
Mr Kaweesi was gunned down at around 9:30 a.m
Friday, shortly after he exited his gate in Kulambiro, a suburb of
Kampala. His body guard Kenneth Erau and driver Godfrey Wambewo were
also killed. The two were laid to rest in Amuria and Mbale districts in
eastern Uganda respectively on March 20. Their boss, Kaweesi was buried
in Lwengo central Uganda on March 21.
The Minister for Security Lt. Gen. Henry
Tumukunde said that the murder was the work of “professional hitmen” who
knew what they were doing.
The murder, the latest in a string of high
profile assassinations has shocked the country and shone the light on
weaknesses in the police force.
President Yoweri Museveni while mourning
Kaweesi on Sunday said that the police had been infiltrated by criminals
and blamed the institution for “contributing to the killing of our
people.”
He tasked the police chief to “clean up your house.”
President Museveni has called for vigilance and announced that
government will invest Ush400 billion ($110 million) to install cameras
in Kampala and major towns.
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