Lukwago: "The state should tell Ugandans who is killing them"

The Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has tasked government to come out and protect the citizens of Uganda and their property because it is their obligation.

He said that the state owes Ugandans a duty of telling them the people responsible for all the kind of murders happening in different parts of country.

He urged Ugandans to call the government to account and answer all questions related to all the recent murder cases.

His comments came shortly after the murder of Maria Nagirinya an NGO staff who was kidnapped together with her driver Ronald Kitayimbwa from Busega in Kampala and killed by unknown people last week .

While appearing on NBS TV, Lukwago noted that the primary obligation of the government is to protect Ugandans and their property unfortunately no one is sure of his or her safety.

“Every life matters and in this case we are not talking about one case but we are talking about series of murders, functional state must always be on top of the situation ,it can’t all be perfect but the response given by the state on a particular situation is what matters,” he said.

He said Ugandans deserve to have a government with an institution that is capable of protecting their lives and without government every body is vulnerable.

“We are talking about series of incidents. We are talking of a pattern. You hear statements from government officials that we have mafia within government...” he noted.

He said if a government official within the inner circle comes out and talks about the mafia in the government, it means the situation is tense.

“The government which we have entrusted with security and our lives is infested with wrong elements, with mafia,” he said.

He noted that the issues of curbing murders in the country is so challenging because the state is being run by the mafia.

Lukwago said the criminal justice system is rotten.

He cited the case of the former AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi where over 70 people were arrested and none was convicted.

“We have to assert this and ensure that people are empowered so that they hold government accountable. In the situation we are having right now, we have disempowered the population, the population has got no capacity whatsoever to call to order the regime,”he said.