Police at Kira Division are investigating the murder of a one Gabeya Noah, 22 a resident of Kyaliwajala B Kira Municipality.
Police at Kira Division are investigating the murder of a one Gabeya Noah, 22 a resident of Kyaliwajala B Kira Municipality by her boyfriend Kabazi Gerald Alias Sentongo Reagan alias Sekyanzi alias My Phone, 25, businessman and resident of the same area.
According to the Kampala Metropolitan deputy spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, the incident happened on Sunday at an unknown time at Gabby and Ridden boutique shop located at Kyaliwajjala which is also their residence.
Owoyesigire said that the police responded in time and the body of the deceased person was conveyed to city mortuary Mulago for postmortem.
”Relevant statements from witnesses about what happened were also recorded. Inquiries are ongoing to establish the motive of the murder and also arrest Kabazi Gerald who is currently on the run,” part of Owoyesigyire’s statement read.
Meanwhile, this comes at the time when the Uganda Police Force has been named as the world’s kindest police in the recently released World Internal Security and Police Index (WISP) rankings.
The ranking measured the police’s reaction to the threats faced in the performance of their duties. It included acts of provocation by the general public, for instance, a man who stoned officers on lawful duty, a traffic offender who got into a scuffle with the traffic officers in the North Kyoga Region during a stop and search operation.
Following the great achievement, the Inspector General of Police, Okoth Ochola earlier this week released a statement commending all officers who conducted themselves professionally in the course of their duties.
Ochola said that they have in recent weeks noticed incidents where civilians have attacked their police officers but because they are trained to be professional, they have always remained calm and not reiterated back at them.
”We have seen many other cases of unprovoked attacks applied on officers through punching, kicking, preventing or spitting on an officer, threats to officers during arrests, gun-grabbing. Just last week, our male officer was grabbed by the collar and another pinned to the wall, while manning the Court of Appeal offices at Twed Towers,” he noted.
”We are aware of the environment we police in, where violent actors engage in a whole range of unlawful and provocative behaviour that prompt officers to defend themselves in a way that leads to use of force, including firing their weapons. Fortunately enough, our officers managed to de-escalate most of the violent situations and restored calm.”
The IGP also, said that they are working even hard to ensure an end to the use of force in line with President Museveni’s directive to officers to resolve incidents before applying the use of a gun.
Ochola further mentioned that in response to the directive they continue to revise options that most of their frontline officers and supervisors can apply without directly resorting to impact weapons or lethal force.
”The UPF has zero-tolerance for inappropriate or excessive use of force. All disturbing incidents of misconduct, where officers used excessive force were fully accounted for in our transparent disciplinary processes. Once again, we applaud our officers for their level of kindness and restraint. It is a huge win and we pledge to continue with our policing reforms and further review in totality, the circumstances that lead to interactions where force is used.”
