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PRESS RELEASE IGP CONDEMNS MURDER OF SENIOR POLICE OFFICER It is with deep sorrow that | announce the tragic death of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP), Andrew Felix Kaweesi, the Director Human Resource Development/ Police Spokesperson, which occurred this morning, a few minutes after 0900 hrs, at Tuba village, Nakawa Division, in Kampala District. The senior police officer was shot and killed, a short distance away from his home together with his body guard, No. 47113 Cpl Erau Kenneth, and driver, No. 60587 C/Drv Mambewa Godfrey, by yet to be identified gunmen on a bodaboda motorcycle. We have not yet established whether they were two or three gunmen. The assailants on the boda boda trailed him for some distance from his home, and while in motion, first fired shots in the air, and then shot at his police vehicle reg. no. UP 4778, through the hind windscreen, and at the tyres, deflating them. They then showered the vehicle with bullets both through the sides and into the vehicle killing the three occupants. The thugs then fled in the direction of Kisasi Trading Centre on their motorcycle. The late AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi, was a very able, patriotic, professional and reliable officer, who has left his mark on the force, leaving a vacuum that will be hard to fill. Let me, on behalf of the entire police force, as well as my own behalf and that of my family, extend our most heartfelt condolences to the families of our fallen comrades. Let me, also, on behalf of the Uganda Police express appreciation to H.E the President, who, immediately, on learning of the murder of AIGP Felix Kaweesi, sent a message of condolence, condemnation of the killing and reassurance to the country and the world that in spite of this tragic incident, the country’s security is robust and will be further enhanced. In particular, the decision to procure and install CCTV cameras in the City, all major towns and along the highways will greatly assist us to fight and defeat these thugs. We should point out, however, that, while we appreciate this development, the Police have not been deterred by absence of CCTV cameras and other modern security technologies, to fight and succeed in the fight against violent thuggery in our country. Using traditional methods of criminal investigation, we have dealt serious blows on these cowardly thugs. Indeed, most of the killers and their backers in the murders of a number of Sheikhs, especially between 2014-2015 (including the recent killing in a similar manner of the late Sheikh Major Kiggundu) are all behind bars and before courts of law facing justice. They include the murderers and sponsors of the late Sheikh Bahiga in December, 2014, at Bwebajja along Entebbe Road; the late Sheikh Doctoor Muwaya, in December, 2014, at Mayuge District; the late Sheikh Kirya, which occurred in 2015, at Bweyogerere Trading centre; two police officers shot in 2015 while guarding the home of Lady Justice Mwondha; the late Tito Okware, the Chairman L.C Ill, Namayingo District; the late Sheikh Kiggundu in Masanafu where 4 suspects were arrested and charged to court. Even in the pending case of the late Joan Kagezi, we have established very good clues towards the identity of the thugs that gunned her down. If we could succeed with little support from technology, there is no doubt that with CCTV cameras, violent thuggery such as that which has today claimed our comrades will be wiped out. The public should, therefore, be reassured that, in spite of this tragic loss, the days of thuggery in Uganda are numbered. As we remember AIGP Kaweesi and the comrades who died with him, let us rededicate ourselves to work together to make our country more secure through lance in your neighbourhoods (“Neighbourhood Watch”) and vigilance within the Police Force. May the souls of our fallen comrades rest in eternal peace. Burial arrangements will be communicated later. We have meanwhile opened a condolence book at the Police Headquarters for members of the public and all staff to append their condolence messages. Obxs, GEN. KALE KAYIHURA INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE UGANDA POLICE 17.03.2017

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