By Hannah Marion Namukasa
The KMP territorial team has dismissed with disgrace 4 police officers attached to Kabalagala police station, and charged them with Aggravated robbery, after they turned against a businessman, who allegedly had in their possession USD 30,000 and wanted to exchange it into Uganda shillings so as to buy a lorry.
The officers include; DC Among Phiona, aged 28, DC Angula Isaac, aged 27, DC Baluku Shafik, aged 26 and DC Galenda Bernard, all attached to Kabalagala Police Division.
According to Police spokesperson SCP Fred Enanga, the facts gathered indicate that on the 17.01.2024, a one Muhammad Olad Abdirahman, a 37 year old, a Kenyan businessman of Kisenyi, went to Royal View Hotel Buziga, for accommodation. The victim requested the manager to help to identify the Forex with the best exchange rate for USD 30,000 which was in their possession. The money was to be used for buying a lorry.
The hotel management tipped DC Among, who alerted her 3 other colleagues. They reached the hotel around 4pm and in conspiracy with Okello, who was pretending to be a foreign exchange broker and the manager of the hotel, caused the arrest of the victims. They bundled them into a motor vehicle, and drove them through Kabalagala barracks road, upto another hotel garden, where they robbed from them the USD 30,000 and chased them away. The suspects narrated their ardeal, to a Kenyan friend, who helped them report their case.
“The 4 officers were arrested, and a quick search at their homes led to the recovery of some dollars and exhibited. The scenes were fully documented. Efforts are now in place to track down Okello and the Manager and have them arrested.
The police officers have disgraced the force, after being charged with heinous crimes that erode the trust of the police within the community. We will not shy away from accountabilities, as the majority of officers; continue to serve Ugandans everyday with pride and integrity, to keep our country safe.” Said Enanga
