Ugandan Police Officers Finally Released After Being Arrested In Kenya

Posted by: lukwago J in News April 21, 2019

The Ugandan police officers who crossed into Kenya with their guns on Friday night claiming they were chasing a truck with the Ugandan registration number were arrested and detained at a police station in Busia border have been finally released.

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After a shameful incident that took place on 19^th April, the Ugandan police officers said that they were not aware that they had crossed about four kilometers into Kenya.

The officers were released after their work-mates in Uganda took part and requested that they should be set free.

According to police report, the officers were chasing after a lorry which was loaded with scrap metals.

They chased the truck right from Tororo and since it was at night, they didn’t realize they had crossed the border.

The police explained that the truck driver and his assistant who escaped and left the truck which was loaded with scrap metals was meant to be taken to Kampala not Kenya.

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