Police has arrested a boda boda rider identified as Kalenvu Isma for knocking a police officer at checkpoint.
According to Charles Twiine, the CID spokesperson, Kalenvu who was carrying a passenger on his motorcycle registration M/C UFF 780P at 1930hr refused to stop at the checkpoint in Mbalala Kampala Jinja highway and instead decided to knock a female police officer called Chemutai Juliet leaving her in a critical condition.
The officer was rushed to the nearby clinic where she is currently receiving treatment. The suspect is currently under detention pending to be charged before court.
President Yoweri Museveni announced a 42- day lockdown where he listed a number of restrictions which included boda bodas only allowed to carry cargo and patients who have valid documents.
Many road users tend to flout the guidelines and just two weeks ago, a driver knocked dead a police officer Bosco Owili, attached to the Field Force Unit at Kabalagala police station in Kabalagala, a Kampala city suburb. The suspect identified as Haman Rujjumba was arrested and charged before court.
