By our Team
Kampala
Heads at uganda security agencies headed by police are rolling to ensure killers of Ntaawo police boss who took off with his gun after the killing are arrested.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Emma Bagenda, the Officer-in-Charge of Ntawo Police Station was shot dead on Sunday night in an attack linked to suspected robbery.
The incident has been classified as murder and aggravated robbery by Mukono Police Division.
Sources in security circles told this writer that the Internal Security organisation ( ISO) and the Defence Intelligence and Securiry( DIS) which was originally CMI have swung into action to ensure Bagenda killers get arrested and charged.
” The mere killing of an officer it big enough and making out with a gun makes the matter more bigger but we are trailing them ” said a source.
According to the official police report (MKN CRB 1708/2025), Bagenda and Police Constable Jackson Kiyingi were responding to reports of an alleged robbery along Nakabago Road when they spotted two suspects travelling on a motorcycle. They attempted to intercept the suspects, who refused to stop.
In the ensuing chase, Bagenda, riding ahead, tried to block the fleeing suspects, while Kiyingi jumped off their responding motorcycle to avoid a collision.
In the chaos, Jackson fell into an open trench and came under fire. Bagenda continued pursuing the suspects but was fatally shot in the head. Police later recovered his body lying face down in a pool of blood at the scene, along with four spent cartridges.
The attackers escaped with a police firearm, which had been carried by Kiyingi. Kiyingi survived the ordeal and was first taken to Mukono General Hospital before being referred to Nakasero Hospital for treatment.
Investigations indicate that the suspects were travelling from Nasuti Town toward Ntawo-Nyenje Road when the confrontation occurred.
At the time of the attack, Bagenda was wearing a dark blue police jacket, a grey T-shirt, black trousers, and a single shoe on his left foot.