Buyende District Police Commander (DPC) ASP Kirumira Muhammad has finally thrown in a towel, Uganda Mirror Reports.
“Therefore as a senior officer who has laboured to wipe out crime without any special facilitation, I have realised that my image before the administration shall never change and given the fact that I am still a young man, I have resigned from the force to enable the police court fulfil their motives,” reads a statement on Kirumira’s official Facebook Page.
Recently the police tribunal charged Muhammad Kirumira with six counts.
He was charged with torture, extortion, corruption, bribery, unlawful arrests and excessive use of authority.
Kirumira however says that these are fabricated cases aimed at staining his image.
“As you may be aware the police administration decided to press various charges on me which look to be criminal but preferred them under disciplinary court and whereas these are old framed up charges the police has persistently kept on looking at me as criminal and the purpose of this trial in an internal tribunal is to find ways of undermining my reputation.”
Below is Kirumira’s full statement
As you may be aware the police administration decided to press various charges on me which look to be criminal but preferred them under disciplinary court and whereas these are old framed up charges the police has persistently kept on looking at me as criminal and the purpose of this trial in an internal tribunal is to find ways of undermining my reputation.
Therefore as a senior officer who has laboured to wipe out crime without any special facilitation i have realised that my image before the adminstration shall never change and given the fact that iam still a young man, i have resigned from the force to eneble the police court fulfill their motives.
I now await an official message replacing me such that i can hand over office to whoever is deemed fit.
Eventually when the court makes its verdict i will put in my official retirement application to earn my discharge letter.
I want to leave the police since its clean and im branded dirty.
I will not accept to hold office meanwhile am being tried.
I would love to keep my reputation as a freedom fighter.
My brother your wise and the decision you’ve taken is for a clever citizen