One person has been confirmed dead whereas two others sustained injuries after a security guard at a building in the city center went on rampage last evening , shooting three people . According to Luke Oweyesogire, Kampala metropolitan deputy spokesperson, the shooting happened at around 10pm when the security guard identified as Caleb Muhwezi, attached […]
One person has been confirmed dead whereas two others sustained injuries after a security guard at a building in the city center went on rampage last evening , shooting three people .
According to Luke Oweyesogire, Kampala metropolitan deputy spokesperson, the shooting happened at around 10pm when the security guard identified as Caleb Muhwezi, attached to Swatt Security Company started shooting at by-passers near Pioneer Building along Ben Kiwanuka street in the city centre.
Luke identified the deceased as Brenda Bukoye, 36, a resident of Nsambya whereas one of the injured victim was identified as Anita Nanyonjo, a student at Kampala University ,who is admitted at Mulago hospital in critical condition.
He said police acted so fast and arrested the guard,who has been charged with murder, but is yet to record a statement to give his side of the story. There was a scuffle as police tried to disarm the security guard who was on a shooting spree.
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Eye witnesses say the security guard was angered after getting involved in an argument with some of the people who were walking past the building he was guarding prompting him to shoot at them.
The number of incidents in which security guards have shot dead people are always increasing, with police struggling to put them in check. Most of them are said to be deployed without adequate training .It is said many of the private guards are trained for a few days before being deployed with guns, a thing police say is dangerous.
The Police Force has on several occasions tried to reach out to private security companies to have their personnel trained by experienced police trainers, but only a few of them have heeded to the call.
Private security organisations are an auxiliary arm of the Uganda Police Force as provided for under the Police Act and are mandated to uphold the standards of the force.
In 2017, police announced arrangements had been concluded to have all security guards in private companies registered under a centralised system.
It was said then that the police ICT department had developed a biometric system to create a pool of data of new and existing recruits to stop criminal elements moving from one company to another. Under the arrangement, guards employed by institutions and companies as individuals were supposed to undergo a training provided by the association of private security guards.
