President Museveni has said traffic officers would be armed or paired with armed officers in a bid to contain cases of insecurity following an assassination attempt against former army commander Gen Katumba Wamala which left his daughter and driver dead.
The former army commander was early this week attacked by armed men who sprayed bullets at his car killing his daughter Brenda Nantongo and driver Haruna Kayondo.
Ina televised address last evening, president Museveni said Gen Katumba’s attackers who rode on two motorbikes encountered a traffic officer as they fled the scene on the Kisota-Kulambiro Road in Kampala, but they refused to stop because the officer was not armed.
The head of state said this was an alert noting that forthwith the traffic police will be armed or paired with armed people.
Further, President Museveni said Gen Katumba was entitled to tight security given his rank and the positions he has held in the army and cabinet.
