Police have busted two dictators of the Kasolo gang of thugs, a few days after being released from Luzira prison where they spent the last three years. The thuggery duo was imprisoned three years ago for terrorizing and robbing Kawempe residents for over three years. The two ring leaders who started off from where they stopped […]
Police have busted two dictators of the Kasolo gang of thugs, a few days after being released from Luzira prison where they spent the last three years.
The thuggery duo was imprisoned three years ago for terrorizing and robbing Kawempe residents for over three years.
The two ring leaders who started off from where they stopped over three years ago are accused of waylaying their victims and robbing them off of millions in shillings before beating them to hospital beds.
The gang dictators are Ismah Nyanzi aka Natabula and Abdulla Mabina aka Bashiru, both residents of Kawempe division.
Umar Kitaaka, the Officer in Charge of Kawempe Division, says the suspects have two new files of robbery at Kawempe police station vide SD90/03/11/2019 and SD95/09/02/2020.
He notes that they managed to nab the thugs on Monday after a tip-off from residents.
One of the victims Emmanuel Katumba, who was ambushed by three of the gang members was reportedly hit him with a paver to the ground before being robbed of Shillings 1.3 million and a Samsung phone , he is currently admitted at Horizon Health care in Kawempe.
Another Festo Kakonge, who is also nursing wounds at Zukulu hospital in Kawempe, said he was hit with weighing scale stone before losing his money and mobile phone to the thugs.
Kitaaka says these gangsters have been operating along Mbogo road, Kawempe Kutano and Bwaise slum areas, all in Kawempe division.
