The\nPresident of Uganda, HE Yoweri Museveni Kaguta has given the deputy Inspector\nGeneral of Police Major General Steven Sabiiti Muzeyi two days to catch\npanga-wielding killers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\na statement about the current security situation in the country, Museveni said\nhe had been made aware of gangs attacking homes in the city using machetes and\niron bars, noting that these should not worry the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“For\ntoday, I will only comment on the pigs that are attacking people with pangas\nand mitayimbwa (steel- bars) and robbing them. I have given two days to the\ncommander Sabiiti of the police to come out with a plan to combat these gangs,\u201d\nMuseveni said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nInspector-General of Police who is in Peru for a meeting delegated his duties\nto his deputy Muzeyi Sabiiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Museveni\nassured the nation not to panic because these gangs are not so sophisticated and\ncan easily be wiped out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese\nare gangs we shall easily defeat. That is what we did with the Kiddawalime gang\nin Masaka, the gang of Bukomero, the gang of Entebbe etc,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the past few weeks, residents in the greater Kampala Metropolitan area have suffered at the hands of criminal gangs operating using guns, pangas and iron bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Museveni Statement<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fellow Ugandans and, especially, the Bazzukulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Greetings to all of you. I have been moving to Addis Ababa, Juba, Jinja etc. Today, I am busy with Cabinet. In a few days, I will get time to respond to your earlier responses. However, for today, I will only comment on the pigs that are attacking People with pangas and mitayimbwa (steel- bars) and robbing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are gangs we shall easily defeat. That is what we did with the Kiddawalime gang in Masaka, the gang of Bukomero, the gang of Entebbe etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have given 2 days to Commander Sabiiti of the Police to come out with a plan to combat these gangs. The IGP is away in Peru for a meeting. I will look at that plan, comment on it and it will, then, be communicated to all of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is easy to defeat these gangs. Their crimes will only add to the credit of the NRM because we are going to defeat them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet, the People have already seen the bankruptcy and the criminality of these groups and those who back them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The President of Uganda, HE Yoweri Museveni Kaguta has given the deputy Inspector General of Police Major General Steven Sabiiti Muzeyi two days to catch panga-wielding killers. In a statement about the current security situation in the country, Museveni said he had been made aware of gangs attacking homes in the city using machetes and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":5754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"yoast_head":"\n