Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Maj Gen Paul Lokech has sighted several weaknesses in the police officers on duty at the time when the shooting incident of Gen Katumba Wamala happened.
Speaking to journalists earlier today at Police Headquarters in Naguru, Lokech said that their teams on foot, motorcycle squads and 999 patrols were not alert and this affected their response in countering the assailants, making cut-off points to confine them within the locality for arrest and adequately securing the scene of crime and its surrounding.
“For instance, the assailants spent about 55 minutes in the Kisaasi-Kulambiro- Bukoto area, after the attack. A more thorough situational awareness could have prevented the attack and or countered the attackers,” said Lokech.
He however revealed that the incident was a wake-up call and as security they took effort to diagnose the security failures.
“We firmly reviewed the incident and have come up with a very robust program to counter and detect surveillance on such hostile actors to purposely deny them opportunity to attack again.
I want to assure the public and the country at large that we are doing absolutely everything within our means, to find the perpetrators of the attack. Whoever was involved in the planning, preparation and execution of the double murder and attempted assassination will be tracked down and arrested,” he said.
Though no suspect has been arrested, the Deputy IGP disclosed that they have received a number of descriptions of the suspects, but will not be releasing any details for the time being.
