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A few days ago, Unknown armed assailants moving on two motorcycles on Tuesday morning the General at Kisota- Kulambiro road. They killed his daughter, Brenda Nantongo and driver Haruna Kayondo.
During his state of the nation address on Friday, three days after the attack, President Museveni blamed police for not fully utilizing resources at their disposal during the attack.
“The recent shooting of Gen. Katumba by the usual shallow actors, showed the poor organization of the Police. The cameras I put in place did their work. As you saw the killers were running from one area to the other area. Why didn’t the camera centre alert all the patrol cars and even the UAVs(drones) to chase and block these killers,” Museveni wondered.
“These wonderful camera managers, think that their gadgets are only for storing videos for forensic analysis as part of the post-mortem of the operation. Yes, the cameras are for forensic but also for enduuru (alarm) while the crime is going on.”
Police recently revealed that they arrested three officers. These three were manning the CCTV camera command centre at Kira road police station over negligence.
Furthermore, according to Museveni, if police had followed his directives properly followed on the use of CCTV cameras, they would have followed and captured the assailants involved in the attack.
“Henceforth, the Police is directed to stop using mobile phones and go back to using radios that are open to all stations so that they act promptly in emergencies like the one of Gen. Katumba.”
Museveni however assured the public that the attackers in the Gen Katumba case will soon be apprehended. He also added there are credible leads security is following.
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