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Police Constable in Kassanda District has shot himself dead.

24 May, 2023
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The incident occurred today at Makokoto Police Post, when Police Constable, Alex Kitiyo 47, first shot into the house of the Officer in charge, John Kakooza.

Racheal Kawala, the Wamala Regional Police Spokesperson, said preliminary investigations indicate that Kitiyo committed suicide perhaps thinking he had killed his superior Kakooza.

The incident comes three weeks after a Uganda People’s Defence Forces –UPDF soldier-Pte Wilson Sabiiti, shot and killed the State Minister for Labour, Col (rtd) Charles Okello Engola.

Unlike Kitiyo’s motive is not known, Pte Sabiiti moved out of the minister’s residence shouting that he was tired of working without pay. Sabiiti shot himself dead minutes after killing Engola.
Detectives have since established that Sabiiti who was earning 485,000 Shillings per month had two running loans.

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