Police have finally arrested a man who has been demanding money from taxi operators as compensation for his property he claims was stolen under their watch. In July 2020, one Sam Mukooza reported at police a case of theft of his property that included a laptop, two pairs of trousers and shoes by occupants of […]
Police have finally arrested a man who has been demanding money from taxi operators as compensation for his property he claims was stolen under their watch.
In July 2020, one Sam Mukooza reported at police a case of theft of his property that included a laptop, two pairs of trousers and shoes by occupants of motor vehicle registration number UAY 255D.
The police impounded the motor vehicle to investigate the case. The taxi driver Livingstone Mpagi and his conductor Nuwa Lutaya were arrested.
Kampala metropolitan police mouthpiece Patrick Onyango says Mukooza immediately started negotiating with the suspects and their relatives to pay back his property.
He says Mukooza asked for Shs1,600,000, but they settled at Shs 350,000, and he was given the money without police’s knowledge.
The detectives processed the case file and the State Attorney advised that the suspects be taken to court but Mukooza pleaded with the police that he has lost interest in the file since had already been compensated.
Onyango now says that on another day,police at Kanyanya Police Station reported a case involving one Sam Kaja of theft of his property in a taxi registration number UAL 768U at.
The driver and conductor of the vehicle were arrested and eventually released on police bond, but the vehicle remained at the Police Station.
Incidentally, the taxi driver Ssentongo, who was escorted by Mpagi to follow up his impounded taxi at Kanyanya Police Station.
At Kanyanya Police Station, Mpagi was shocked to find that the same man, who claimed that he stole his property, was one that had registered another criminal case against his colleague using a different name.
He alerted the police and arrested him and an investigation started.
It has been established that he has been using different names to make false allegations against taxi operators to demand money with menace.
The same man used the name James Kakooza to lodge an offense of theft in another case against a taxi driver and conductor at Bweyogerere Police Station.
Onyango says he is currently detained at Wandegeya Police Station on charges of demanding property by menace.
