Fresh details emerge on Nansana Bijambiya Attackers Captured by CCTV Cameras

More details have emerged regarding an early September 04 incident in which a group of thugs armed with pangas (machetes or bijambiya) and breaking implements were captured by CCTV cameras as they attempted to break into a home in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District.

A video extracted from CCTV cameras went viral on social media.

Yet officers in Nansana Division took hours to even confirm to the headquarters that such an incident had taken place.

“Immediately [after the video went viral], various officers in charge of the different police stations, under Nansana Division, were contacted to establish if such an incident occurred and whether any of them had received any such information. It was however established that no such incident had been reported anywhere with in the division,” said Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire.

“A few hours later, the Division Crime Intelligence officer received information from the defence secretary of Nabweru North, who informed him that indeed thugs armed with Pangas and breaking implements had attacked premises of Paul Kayemba Sempijja in Nabweru North II, Kibwa in Nansana Municipality.”

Owoyesigyire further revealed that preliminary investigations had established that four men were involved in the 3am raid.

He added that these had “jumped over the perimeter fence and accessed the premises of Paul Kayemba in Kibwa, Nansana Municipality.”

“It was further been established that the small gate which also gives access to the premises had not been locked and the thugs used the small gate to run away,” reported the KMP police publicist.

Here, residents in the 11 residential rooms were at risk of being attacked. It wasn’t readily clear if the attackers were targeting one, a few or all the rooms in Kayemba Sempijja’s premises.

CCTV cameras installed in the compound and at the gate played a huge role in foiling the attack.

“As soon as they were in the compound, an alarm system alerted the residents who also made a verbal alarm prompting the thugs to take off,” said Owoyesigyire.

“No property was stolen and no person was harmed as the thugs took off having sensed that their presence had been detected.
Efforts are underway to have the suspects arrested and prosecuted.”

The KMP spokesperson further blamed the residents for refusing to inform police about the incident.

“It is also not true that the police were informed of the incident as social media reports the victims themselves admit they didn’t inform the police. We also want to advise members of the public to remain vigilant and report any such incidents through calling their nearest police stations,” he noted.

“They only tried to call the area defense secretary, but their repeated call went unanswered.”