There was a somber mood in Kisoga-Ntenjeru Town Council, Mukono District on Independence Day following the attempted assassination of Livingstone Mutai,48, the manager of Salama Estate under the Uganda Tea Cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unidentified masked men riding a motorcycle reportedly intercepted Mutai who was driving a double cabin pickup registration number UAS 250D together with Bashir Kalungi,52, a security guard in the tea estate, and opened fire at them on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The thugs hit Mutai, who hailed from Kenya twice in the stomach and hit Kalungi in the legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An eye witness told URN on condition of anonymity that after disabling their victims, the gunmen moved closer to the vehicle and shot them again before removing a bag in the back seat containing an unspecified amount of cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, says that the thugs made off with Shillings 40 million Mutai had picked from the bank to pay worker\u2019s salaries on Sunday morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are more than 500 workers in Salama Estates who are paid after every 14 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The least-paid worker earns Shillings 6,500 daily. Other managers of the estate declined to comment about the incident or reveal the current condition of the gunshot victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Michael Kajubi, the LC I Chairperson of Mpuma-Salama where the incident occurred, says that the victims were rushed to Heron Hospital for first aid and later referred to Mulago Specialised National Referral Hospital for better management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Kajubi, it is hard for the community to guard against such robbers because they are used to plain-clothed operatives carrying guns claiming to work for the fisheries protection unit and forestry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barbra Nakimuli, one of the workers in the Estate appeals to the management to deploy enough security whenever transporting money from the bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is now worried about how she will provide the school requirements for her children after missing out on payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Armed robberies in Mukono district had scaled down in the recent past following heightened security operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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