BY Leonard Kamugisha Akida,
NATIONAL
Police in Mityana District have arrested Pastor Samuel Kalibala and his 20 followers including 7 members of the same family he had vanished with about 10 days ago.
The Wamala Regional police spokesperson, ASP Racheal Kawala has said that Kalibbala was arrested on Friday morning after intelligence reports that he had sneaked into his house at around 2am.
“Before the arrest, five victims in a disappearance case had resurfaced and reported to Mityana Central Police Station (CPS) on May 26,” she said in an interview on Friday.
Kawala identified the five victims as Jessica Namuwaya, 47, a wife to Sulait Kintu and four of his children – all residents of Naama Central Village, Naama Ward, Busimbi Division in Mityana District.
She added that five other suspects are in custody at Mityana CPS to help police with investigations.
“These include the founder of Nakwangu Church of Christ Christian –Centre, ‘pastor’ Benard Twajira Yezu,64, Ttamu Village resident Eric Kawuki,20, student Shakim Sekyewa,18, teacher Harriet Kajubi, 53 and a 62-year-old midwife, Harriet Nalweyiso,” she said.
According to police, the victims were separately detained on May 25 in a special security operation led by the area police commander, Martin Okoyo, together with the office of the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Africano Aharikundira.
They (Police) have disclosed that in the Tuesday operation, security operatives invaded and demolished makeshift structures at the Nankwangu Church of Christ worship centre in Mityana Municipality for illegally collecting and misleading people.
“We have chosen to demolish all the illegal structures where these people have been convening to preach against government programs like vaccination, education .Above all, we have realized that they were confining juveniles at that hill yet they are supposed to be at school,” RDC Aharikundira said
