Ugandan President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has tasked the head of the Police Force, Inspector General (IGP) Martins Okoth Ochola, and his fellow security agency leaders to answer at least six questions related to the shooting of Indian money lender Uttam Bhandari.
On Friday, May 13, 2023, Police Constable (PC) Ivan Wabwire shot Bhandari dead at Raja Chambers along Parliamentary Avenue in Kampala.
Commenting for the first time since the incident happened, Gen Museveni hinted on mistakes that are also available and “easily traceable.”
Museveni raised at least six questions regarding the circumstances surrounding the shooting for which he wants IGP Ochola and his fellow leaders at UPF to provide answers. These are Museveni’s six questions:
1. How did an off-duty Police man, access a gun?
2. Did he walk away from his guard post without permission with a gun to commit crime?
3. How are the guns stored in the Police?
4. Is there no security at the site where the victim was?
5. Why did that local security allow an armed person into the building who had no guard business there? Then, there is the question of the mental state of this Policeman.
6. Did he have a history of mental instability? If he had, why hadn’t the Police leadership noticed and acted appropriately?
“The answers to these questions may help us to plug the gaps in the security system.
Condolences to the family of Bhandari,” Museveni noted.
You can watch the CCTV footage showing how the Ugandan police officer shot the Indian money lender dead before abandoning his gun at Kampala Central Police Station Here and There.
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