The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-seven- year old Robert Ssenyonga is lying unconscious in the emergency unit at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital after being hit on the head by a Local Defense Unit-LDU officer at Njeru stock farm on Tuesday.
It is alleged that Ssenyonga, a resident of Kilyowa village in Njeru Municipality in Buikwe district was riding a passenger on a motorcycle registration number, UDV 455N to unidentified location when the LDUs who had staged a roadblock outside the farm ordered them to stop in vain.
This prompted the unidentified LDU to pluck off the magazine of his AK-47 and used it to hit Ssenyonga’s head. Ssenyonga fell off the motorcycle but the LDU picked his magazine and left him bleeding on the road. He was later rushed to Jinja Hospital by police.
Nool Nankumba, one of the eyewitnesses says that he saw the LDU hitting their colleague and then returned to collect his magazine without minding about the well being of the injured person.
Frank Ariyo, a friend to Ssenyonga says that his colleague was severely injured and is in dire need of urgent healthcare.
Hellen Butoto, the Sezibwa region police spokesperson confirmed the incident but declined to divulge details.
Charles Etilu, the in charge of the emergency ward says Ssenyonga is in critical condition and has been put on life support temporarily to stabilize his condition before further examination.
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To say the least, the LDU is becoming the number one enemy of the people of Uganda, and I hate them on sight. From whom and what, are the LDU defending Ugandans? Otherwise, being Mr. Museveni/NRM’s militia, and because of their diabolism, they have become the face of the government.
In other words, the conducts of the LDU is the antitheses of the so call “Local Defence” for which it was reintroduce. Unless it is by the regime design for the LDU to instill fear in Ugandans through random violence, I pray for LDU disbandment and the resources invested in the Uganda Police.
This is because, these idiots arrogate themselves to the UPDF or have the false conscience of being a superior force to the Uganda Police.
God have mercy on that innocent boy and the LDUs should prosecuted to the courts of law for attempting murder if found guilty but I believe his already guilty.