Crime intelligence arrests seven suspected robbers

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  A 10-day hunt for armed thugs that killed one Henry Rubinga, during a mobile money robbery in Mityana District, has come to an end after seven of the suspects were arrested over the weekend.  

Under the command of Assistant Commissioner of Police Thomas Kasimo, crime intelligence launched a hunt for Rubinga’s killers on February 29, a day after thugs raided Nakiwaya village, Kikandwa Parish, in Mityana District in an attack that claimed one life and injured three others.

The injured include Arinaitwe Innocent, Hamza Ssuuna and Kalema Bumbakali, who are nursing injuries at Mityana Hospital.  The Crime intelligence team has since arrested seven suspects from their hideouts in the districts of Gomba, Mityana and Nakaseke.  

Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga identified the suspects as Munini Gafizi Fred 27, from Nyanamugela Gomba, Kamomo Fred 27, from Kapeeka- Nakaseke, Mark Byakatonda 27, from Mityana and Kanamugira Fred alias Kaddugala from Buswa-Bulongo, in Mityana.  

Gafizi, Kamomo, Byakatonda and Kanamugira were previously arrested during the infamous Wamala region robberies that paralyzed the districts of Mityana, Mubende, Kassanda, Kyankwanzi and Kiboga.

At the time, when the quartet was arrested, police was registering aggravated robberies and murders by an anonymous gang until the then Inspector General of Police –IGP Gen Kale Kayihura tasked Flying Squad then commanded by ACP Herbert Muhangi to deal with the criminals. ACP Muhangi’s team killed some of the criminals and arrested others but they were later allegedly released on bail.    

This time they were arrested with three of their accomplices identified as Sam Karuhanga, Akandwanaho Moses and Tukahirwa Godfrey. The team also recovered the gun that was procured allegedly from Democratic Republic of Congo –DRC in January this year.        

Crime intelligence has successfully tracked the criminals using the phone they abandoned at the scene amidst ululations from residents. Other exhibits recovered from the scene were a motorcycle, bullet cartridges and bags containing six bullets.

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