Godfrey Oketcho was shot twice in the chest on September 1 by his colleague Morris Kiconco. Kiconco abandoned the rifle a few metres from the scene and took off to an unknown destination. Detectives who have been wondering what could have prompted Kiconco to kill Oketcho since the two were the only ones at the school at the time have since been tipped that the duo had earlier vowed to eliminate each other over the said woman.
“We have been told that this woman who caused the bad blood between these two guards works within the school but we are yet to confirm this information because we haven’t arrested the suspect to tell us what motivated him,” a detective said.
Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, said he was yet to be briefed about the new developments regarding Oketcho’s murder. He, however, said police and its sister agencies were hunting for Kiconco to answer for the murder.
“We’re told that these people first had a quarrel and one ended up shooting and killing the other,” Onyango said. “As police, we follow all leads that come until we get to the truth. We are seriously hunting for Kiconco to face the law.”
Of late, police leadership has raised concern over the conduct of private security guards with many being accused of hobnobbing with robbers. In some instances, police blame guards for being too negligent while on duty, something that has increasingly exposed them to thugs targeting their rifles.
As a result of the queries raised about their conduct, police operations director, John Nuwagira, has directed private security guards to undergo fresh training. This directive was issued last week and Nuwagira explained that retraining of all guards will be in tandem with a new syllabus that has been developed by the force’s directorate of human resource development.
“This is to inform you that a syllabus for training in private security was developed by the Uganda Police Force, directorate of human resource development in conjunction with the department of private security and firearms, it is intended to harmonize and standardize the training of security guards,” Nuwagira said.
Police have warned that all private security organizations that will not have trained their personnel by the end of the year will have their operation licenses revoked. The new training syllabus for private guards has been developed in compliance with regulations 18 (a) of Police (control) of private security organization regulation 2013.
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