Security agencies are hunting for a team of Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers who on Sunday morning shot and injured a traffic policeman who tried to tow their official military vehicle that was involved in an accident in Ntinda, Kampala.
Police Constable Robert Mukebezi attached to the Ntinda Police Station was shot and injured as he was seated on the passenger side of a tow truck that was towing a military Toyota Prado TX registration number H4DF 1391 belonging to a senior officer.
They were then stopped by soldiers who were travelling in a double-cabin tinted vehicle with military registration number plates at Tuskys Supermarket in Ntinda and shot at.
Eyewitnesses who spoke to New Vision said the military officers, after injuring the traffic officer, pulled him out of the breakdown and in a show of impunity ordered its driver to tow the vehicle to their garage of choice.
Assistant Inspector General of Police Asan Kasingye, the Police Political Commissar, confirmed the incident in a tweet on Sunday.
“Someone shot a traffic officer on Kira road following a minor accident this morning. What awaits such a rash, negligent and intentional act."
Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire said the accident happened on the Ntinda-Kiwatule Road when the UPDF vehicle knocked a signpost at about 5:00am.
“The vehicle was towed away early in the morning. As the officer seated inside a tow truck was approaching former Tuskys Ntinda another double cabin intercepted them, persons in military fatigue came out and shot at the driver’s side,” Owoyesigyire said.
He noted that the officer, Mukebezi, sustained serious injuries in the leg and had been taken Mulago hospital causality ward.
He said after the accident, the occupants had left the car and by the time the Police were towing it away, it had no occupant.
“They then forced the breakdown to tow the car to the preferred destination point,” Owoyesigyire added.
Asked whether they had found out where the car had been taken, Owoyesigyire said they would communicate the developments.
