President Yoweri Museveni reiterated his firm belief in employing technology to crack the current shootings of high profile figures in the country as he sent his condolence message to the family of former Buyende District Police Commander (DPC) Muhammad Kirumira.
Kirumira alongside a female companion identified as Resty Mbabazi were shot dead Saturday evening near his home in Bulenga along Mityana Road. Eyewitnesses said the assailants were riding on a motorcycle.
Museveni, who Saturday evening visited the scene of the crime at 11:00pm, in a Sunday statement posted on Facebook said that criminals were still exploiting the gaps he had identified in an address to Parliament in June shortly after the murder of the Member of Parliament Ibrahim Abiriga.
In his speech, President Museveni suggested technology measures that could be used to fight and track criminals and these suggestions included electronic registration of boda bodas, installation of CCTV cameras, setting up a forensic lab and gun fingerprinting.
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In the statement, Museveni said that if boda bodas were already registered, it would have been easy to track the goons who killed Kirumira.
“The electronic identification of boda bodas would have helped us to identify these people quickly. However, while still using the old methods, I want to salute the residents of Bulenga for, although not armed, some Boda Bodas gave chase to the killers- 4 of them riding on motorcycles – up to Mile 9,” he said.
The idea of electronic registration of cars and motorcycles was, however, rejected by some members of the public, citing the violation of privacy.
Meanwhile, the first batch of CCTV cameras were purchased and they are already being installed.
Government has started installing CCTV cameras in different parts of Kampala. #NTVNews
Chinese company Huawei has been given the tender for installation of these cameras and over 5,000 are expected to be installed by the end of next year. https://t.co/XUKQq6VjNo pic.twitter.com/8VFf81xP2U
— NTV UGANDA (@ntvuganda) September 3, 2018
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