East African Gazette
Kampala
A police officer who was involved in a routine traffic operation in Kampala City, has been apprehended for allegedly stealing a motorcycle.
He was later arraigned at Buganda Road Chief Magistrates’ where he was charged with theft and remanded to Luzira Prison.
He appeared before the Buganda Road Magistrate One Siena Owomugisha on February 27, 2024, where he denied the charges.
A police officer has been arrested and arraigned in court where he was remanded to Luzira Prison till March 11, 2024, over alleged theft of a motorcycle during their normal routine traffic operation in Kampala City.
If found guilty, he faces a seven-year sentence upon conviction.
Prosecution alleges that on March 4, 2022, at the New Master Stage on Equatorial Mall along Bombo Road, the the Central Division of Kampala City, the Ahabwe allegedly stole a motorcycle registration number UBF 262A, a Bajaj Boxer red in colour, values at sh5m.
How he allegedly stole it
Ahabwe was arrested on Monday by the Territorial Police in Kampala Metropolitan whom they claim disappeared after stealing a motorcycle of on Samuel Walusimbi.
The motorcycle had been impounded during a normal traffic enforcement operation, where the officer was tasked to deliver it at the Central Police Station (CPS) Kampala yard, which he did not.
The suspect allegedly disappeared from CPS Kampala and was declared a police deserter.
While in his hiding in Mbarara, the suspect is said to have joined SGA Security Company, as a security guard and his first deployment was on the January 20, 2024 at the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd, where after 18 days, on the February 16, 2024, was arrested for stealing metallic rail bars, used in electricity infrastructure.
The case file of theft was transferred with the suspect to CPS Kampala, for further court process.
The police spokesperson, Fred Enanga noted that such acts of robbery and theft by current or former police officers, are a disgrace to the force. “It is so shameful, when a police officer exploits their position of power for personal gain, because it erodes public trust in the force and tarnishes the reputation of the other 50000 police officers, who honorably serve and protect Ugandans each day,” he