Police Constable (PC) Ivan Wabwire had a ‘strange’ medical condition that prompted the Uganda Police Force (UPF) administration to transfer him to a less demanding role, Kampala Metropolitan Police has revealed, offering a peek into health of the officer who shot dead a money lender of Indian origin on Friday, May 12, 2023.
Ugandan President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has tasked the head of the Police Force, Inspector General (IGP) Martins Okoth Ochola to answer at least six questions related to the shooting of Indian money lender Uttam Bhandari.
The actions of Police Constable (PC) Ivan Wabwire, the Ugandan security officer who shot and killed an Indian money lender, were captured by CCTV cameras in the office of TFS Financial Services located at Raja Chambers along Parliamentary Avenue in the capital Kampala, as well as those at the Central Police Station (CPS).
A man who shot and killed an Indian money lender near Uganda’s Parliament has been identified as a police officer, the law and order agency has confirmed.
A yet to be identified gunman has shot and killed an Indian businessman at Parliamentary Avenue in Kampala.
Kabuye Kyofatogabye, the Minister of State (junior) for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs has spoken out on allegations that he had threatened Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago. On May 11, the Lord Mayor told Parliament’s Physical Infrastructure Committee that he believed his life was in danger after receiving a text message from Minister Kyofatogabye.
A Health Worker’s View on Uganda’s Health Services & Warning on Dangers of Homosexuality
Today, our civilization in the name of development and a rush for cash has kicked children out. They deserve inclusion in the planning and implementation of policies and programs even in infrastructural facilities.
This is what he told me: ‘We are agents working for the officers. They have come to work, so they want money but not directly because some of you know how to record them.’