MURDERS: MPs dismiss govt’s witchcraft, illuminati explanation

In Thursday’s statement, Minister Odongo also said that Police supported by other security agencies and local communities have intensified vigilance; and have rescued 23 women who were targets of rape and murder in Katabi and Nansana.

“Communities have come out to protect their neighborhoods backed up by Police foot and motorized patrols,” he said.

MP Komuhangi said that the kind of killings were typical of war crimes as rebels, just like it happened during the world wars, brutalize, rape women and force them into prostitution.

She urged colleagues to support the Uganda Police Force to be more vigilant to perform better in ensuring security in the country.

In his maiden speech, Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine said that anything affecting women, daughters or wives affected all Ugandans.

He said the country needs to get to the root of all murders, including the unresolved murders of boda boda riders, Muslim clerics, high profile government workers like State Prosecutor Joan Kagezi and former Asst. IGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi.

“We should focus on the killings, which are affecting all Ugandans, not women only. Government should not wait until this problem escalates before it can take action,” said Kyagulanyi.

He also castigated what he called the conflict between the Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura and the Security Minister Lt. Gen Henry Tumukunde, saying they were doing this at the expense of the security of the citizens.

Nabbilah Naggayi Ssempala (FDC, Kampala district) said that an explanation based on witchcraft was diversionary as witchcraft was associated with backwardness.

She said that the murders threatened the safety of women and girls in municipalities and cities and wondered what would happen when the killings move to the villages.

The Leader of the Opposition, Winifred Kiiza (FDC, Kasese) said that killings in Entebbe, the seat of the Presidency could be an attempt to test the county’s powerbase.

Kiiza charged there was a similarity in the style of killing with some of the women who lost their lives during the attack on the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu Palace in November last year.

She said that the Minister’s statement lacked information on how government intended to solve the problem.

“I propose that government announces a day of mourning for these women, who have died, as government proposes ways of stopping the killings,” said Kiiza adding “We feel that our lives are in danger; and it’s a shame that the Minister is talking about witchcraft as the country prepares to move into middle income status.

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