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Kyenjonjo police are on the spot for shooting a student while quelling a
riot at Maddox Secondary School in Butiiti Sub County in June this
year.
Jacqueline Basemera, a senior four candidate was shot in the arm by the
police who used live bullets to quell the riot. She spent close to two
weeks admitted at Fort Portal Referral Hospital. The shooting of
Basemera caused outrage among students and parents, who accused police
of using bullets to disperse unarmed students.
Uganda Radio Network has learnt that on Monday this week some parents
wanted to petition Kale Kayihura, the Inspector General over the actions
of the cops but they were stopped by the school administration. David
Musinguzi, a member of the school management says police should have
used tear gas instead of using live bullets to disperse the students
since they were not armed. Musinguzi says he is surprised that the
school authorities are quiet on the matter and yet one of its students
could have lost her life.
John Sande, the father of the victim says the school hasn't been
supportive. Sande, a bicycle mechanic at Kaihura trading centre in
Butiiti sub county, says the school gave him only 100,000 shillings to
treat his daughter. Sande says he has so far spent more than 400,000
shillings on medicine since his daughter was discharged from hospital.
Samson Muhenda, the headmaster Maddox Secondary School, says the school
will provide more financial assistance to Basemera. Samuel Abed, the
Kyejonjo District Police Commander, in a telephone interview defended
the use of the live bullets saying the police didn’t have any rubber
bullets at the time. He says the rubber bullets had been taken to Kasese
by the anti-riot police to stop a demonstration of Bakonzo youths who
were protesting after Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere was barred from
travelling to Bundibugyo district for the peace day celebrations. Abed
denies Basemera was shot intentionally saying she was hit by a stray
bullet.
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