MARTYRS DAY CELEBRATIONS: 11 Arrested, 2 children missing

By Francis Otucu

The Police at Kira Police Division have in custody eleven people following their arrested from the Catholic and Anglican Shrines Monday.

This out of 46 cases of mobile phone theft, impersonation and counterfeit among others.

Deputy police spokesperson, Polly Namaye confirmed the arrests.

She however said this year’s celebration was successful in comparison to the past year.

“The number of reported cases reduced from 89 cases in 2018 to 46 cases in 2019. Of these 46 cases, 40 are reports of suspected stolen mobile phones, 2 cases of impersonation, one assault case, and 1 counterfeit where a person was arrested selling soda suspected to be fake. We have in custody a total of 11 suspects, while two have been given police bond,” Namaye said.

TWO CHILDREN MISSING

Meanwhile, two children are still missing. They are; Batesa Kwikiriza and Joshua Kibalama. The police say 64 cases of missing children were reported to the Child and Family Protection Unit desk at Namugongo.

62 of these children were recovered.

Of these 58 were reunited with their families, 4 are still with our Child and Family Protection Office at CPS Kampala.

“We call upon anyone whose child went missing at Namugongo shrines to contact the child and family protection office at CPS Kampala (0714403295) for assistance,” Namaye noted.