The police in Bukedea District in Eastern Uganda are hunting for
suspected gunmen who allegedly tried to assassinate the district
Woman Member of Parliament, Hon. Among Annet Anita on Friday night.
Hon. Anita is said to have been alerted by the Bukedea District Police
Commander (DPC) who said they were following the two gunmen riding
towards her home until they disappeared upon noticing that they’re
being pursued.
Mr. Ezra Tugume, the DPC said that these attackers always hunt for the
MP’s life whenever she travels back home.
He said that the suspected assassins always cross from the neighboring
district of Sironko via Aminit Sub County towards her home in Apopong.
“We have so many issues to do with security in the district. These
gunmen only appear when the honorable is at her home. It can never
happen when she is away but am working along with the DISO to see
that we put the missing gaps together,” he said adding that they are
working hard to see that Aminit Sub County also gets a police post to
help in curbing the insecurity the locals are feeling.
He also appealed to the members of the public to be in the lookout for
any suspicious person and always alert the security team.
Hon. Anita said that she has been receiving life threatening messages
from yet to be identified people but says that God is her only protector.
