Mulindambura was attacked on Wednesday night at around at Kigorobya 1 cell, Kigorobya town council as he was heading to his home in Kigorobya town council.
Jackson Mugenyi Mulindambura, the LC5 Councilor for Kiganja
sub county in Hoima district is admitted at EDPA Medical center in Hoima city
after an attacked by thugs.
Mulindambura was attacked on Wednesday night at around
11p.m at Kigorobya 1 cell, Kigorobya town council as he was heading to his home that is also
situated within Kigorobya town council.
Mulindambura told Uganda Radio Network -URN from his hospital
bed, that on Wednesday night at around 10P.M, he picked
a boda boda rider from Hoima city to transport him to Kigorobya town council. He says when
they reached Kigorobya town, he told the boda boda rider to go back to Hoima
city.
He had just started moving on foot when a group of six men attacked
him.
He said that the thugs ordered him to surrender all the
money he had in his possession.
Fearing for his life, he pulled out shillings
50,000 that he had in his pocket and surrendered it to the thugs.
The thugs later demanded that he hands over to the them a
bag he was holding and when he resisted, one of the thugs pulled out a knife
and stabbed him in the stomach and both hands.
He started bleeding profusely as
the thugs fled the crime scene with his bag containing his academic documents.
He later sounded an alarm that attracted area residents who
came to his rescue and conveyed him to EDPA medical center in Hoima city.
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Mulindambura has appealed to police to intensify patrols in
Kigorobya town council to combat the escalating crime rate stating that in only
three months, ten people have been attacked and injured by thugs in the area.
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Uthman Mubarak Mugisa, the Hoima LC5 Chairperson has
condemned the attack on his councilor and tasked security to thoroughly
investigate the matter. He states that there is need to deploy more police officers in
the area to combat crime.
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Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson has
confirmed the attack on the councilor, saying that they have initiated
investigations.
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Patrick Musinguzi, a resident of Kigorobya town council has
tasked police to intensify patrols since thugs are terrorizing residents in the
area.