{"id":50100,"date":"2021-08-30T12:42:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T09:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=50100"},"modified":"2021-08-30T12:42:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T09:42:07","slug":"kyagulanyi-speaks-out-on-masaka-murders-blames-govt-for-failing-to-protect-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/kyagulanyi-speaks-out-on-masaka-murders-blames-govt-for-failing-to-protect-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyagulanyi speaks out on Masaka murders, blames gov\u2019t for failing to protect citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\"><strong>By Juliet Nalwooga\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\"><br \/>\nOpposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party leader Robert Kyagulanyi has called for more public vigilance amongst residents in Masaka amid rampant murders by machete welding men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">In a statement, Kyagulanyi says it is apparent that the regime seems to have hidden incompetence in stopping the serial murders during the first wave in the same region and has not been entirely truthful about its investigations into the motive and criminals behind the murders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201d<span class=\"s1\">It is intriguing that the assailants target the most vulnerable residents, and seem to be only after their victims&#8217; life and nothing else. Indeed, the media quoted Mzee Dirisa&#8217;s neighbours as saying that he \u2018\u2018was not a rich man and the killers took nothing from his house,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">\u00a0He has implored locals in the greater Masaka region to remain vigilant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201dComrades, it is apparent that in order to hide its own incompetence in stopping the serial murders, the regime either deliberately exaggerated its role in curbing the first wave, or has not been entirely truthful about its investigations into the motive and criminals behind the murders,\u201d he blamed the government.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">According to reports , about 27 people have so far been killed in serial attacks by machete welding men .<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Juliet Nalwooga\u00a0 Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party leader Robert Kyagulanyi has called for more public vigilance amongst residents in Masaka amid rampant murders by machete welding men. In a statement, Kyagulanyi says it is apparent that the regime seems to have hidden incompetence in stopping the serial murders during the first wave in the same region and has not been entirely truthful about its investigations into the motive and criminals behind the murders. \u201dIt is intriguing that the assailants target the most vulnerable residents, and seem to be only after their victims&#8217; life and nothing else. Indeed, the media quoted Mzee Dirisa&#8217;s neighbours as saying that he \u2018\u2018was not a rich man and the killers took nothing from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":45160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}