The police has arrested one of it’s own men to help in investigations into the shooting of a female driver, near the Speaker of Parliament Anita Among’s residence on Mackinnon Road Thursday.
The suspect has been identified as Corporal Humphrey Muhanguzi, was arrested to help in investigations of the shooting that occurred at around mid-day.
The Police have also seized the gun that was allegedly used by the speaker’s guard in the shooting.
Earlier on, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Racheal Kawala, confirmed the incident, noting that they are looking for the female driver to question her over the incident.
“We have picked interest in the incident and investigations are ongoing. We are tracing for the victim,” she said.
The Director Communication & Public Affairs Parliament of Uganda, Chris Obore has since revealed that there was an altercation between the female driver and Among’s body guard prior to the shooting.
“There was an altercation btn a female driver & policeman on Mackinon Road which is under construction. The Speaker was in Bukedea. Apparently female driver insisted on using the road against policeman’s advise. He banged the car bonnet with a gun& bullet discharged” he posted on his X account.
The Speaker’s Principal Press Secretary Joseph Sabiti, revealed that the speaker was traveling from Bukedea, where she had gone to attend a family event at the time of the shooting, disputing earlier reports that the female driver was shot and injured by a police guard after she allegedly refused to heed instructions to stop and allow the convoy of the Speaker to pass.
“While en route from Bukedea, where she had gone to attend a family event, the Kampala Metropolitan Police informed the Rt Hon Speaker about an incident that had occurred near her residence, involving a police officer and a female driver, while she was not at home” he posted on X.
Sabiti further maintained that the Speaker was briefed by police authorities, upon her return to Kampala and she contacted the family of the victim to express her sympathies and offer support for their treatment.
The female driver is said to have been driving from prayers at All Saints Cathedral when she approached the road leading towards the Speaker’s residence, an area under heightened security.
