{"id":40713,"date":"2019-03-19T10:34:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T07:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=40713"},"modified":"2019-03-19T10:34:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T07:34:15","slug":"kitatta-co-accused-was-not-given-a-gun-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/kitatta-co-accused-was-not-given-a-gun-by-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitatta co-accused was not given a gun by police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Ruth Anderah.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Senior superintendent of Police Nixon Agasirwe has denied ordering the issuance of an AK 47 machine gun to a one Sowali Ngobi who was arrested alongside boda boda 2010 patron Abdullah Kitatta.<\/p>\n<p>Agasirwe who has been a defence witness has shocked court when he repeatedly emphasized it that as he was still the commandant of Special operations in Uganda Police he only ordered for the issuance of a Star Pistol to Ngobi Sowali but didn&#8217;t do anything beyond that as Ngobi had told court earlier.<\/p>\n<p>During cross examination by the state prosecutor Lt col Raphael Mugisha Agasirwe said that he didn&#8217;t put in writing his order to the armory man who issued out the said pistol.<\/p>\n<p>However this morning Agasirwe accepted giving Karata guards and guns on orders of General Kale Kayihura the IGP by then, although he couldn&#8217;t prove it to court by any written proof since he claims that it was through a verbal communication.<\/p>\n<p>Now the matter has been adjourned to March 25th when more defense witnesses who include Old Kampala Police Armory man, Vinetea Hotel manager and Allan Matsiko who was a second guard to Kitatta.<\/p>\n<p>Kitata and 9 others are facing six counts of unlawful possession of firearms, unlawful possession of military stores and failure to protect war materials allegedly committed in January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The offences attracts a maximum sentence of death upon conviction.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related Stories&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/news\/kitatta-denies-being-a-member-of-bodaboda-2010.html\">Kitatta denies being a member of Bodaboda 2010<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ruth Anderah. Senior superintendent of Police Nixon Agasirwe has denied ordering the issuance of an AK 47 machine gun to a one Sowali Ngobi who was arrested alongside boda boda 2010 patron Abdullah Kitatta. Agasirwe who has been a defence witness has shocked court when he repeatedly emphasized it that as he was still the commandant of Special operations in Uganda Police he only ordered for the issuance of a Star Pistol to Ngobi Sowali but didn&#8217;t do anything beyond that as Ngobi had told court earlier. During cross examination by the state prosecutor Lt col Raphael Mugisha Agasirwe said that he didn&#8217;t put in writing his order to the armory man who issued out the said pistol. 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