Richard Bwabye the Luwero Resident District Commissioner condemned the mob justice but blamed authorities for the negligence of duty and lack of transparency by Policemen.
Isah Ssemogerere, the Savannah Regional Police Spokesperson, says that they picked up seven suspects but the evidence implicated the suspects including the Chairperson.
Residents continued to hunt for the fled suspected thieves and while combing the villages, landed on one who has only been identified as Khamis believed to be in his mid-20s at Bugungu village in Makulubita Sub-County, in Nakaseke’s neighboring district of Luweero, where they have lynched him from.
Beatrice Babra Angufiru, the Senior Legal Officer for Legal Aid Gulu revealed that of the 112 people who turned for the services, over 80 percent of them were with complaints on land conflicts while criminal matters like defilement and child neglect came a distant second
Abraham Tukundane regretted the cases of people who lost lives in mob justice and says that Police has since launched campaign to sensitize masses against the crime.
An eye witness who spoke on condition of anonymity says the suspects grabbed a handbag containing 10 million shillings from a woman who had just made a transaction from Centenary Bank Kitgum Branch.
