The Inspector-General of Police –IGP, Martin Okoth Ochola has demanded the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to conduct thorough investigations into the shooting in Nansana municipality, which claimed the life of Daniel Kyeyune, supposedly a People Power activist.

Yesterday, 25/02/2020, at around 7:30pm, the Joint Security Patrol team at Nansana Municipality, in Wakiso district, was confronted by a violent procession that disrupted traffic flow and business around Masitowa area in Nansana for almost two hours.

The rowdy crowd was joined by another group from Nansana that disrupted traffic flow along the highway; those armed with sticks started beating bystanders and other road users.

Preliminary police findings indicate that Kyeyune, who was shot dead by unidentified people on Tuesday night, is a son to David Kabuye, a Special Police Constable attached to Kasubi Police Station.

Kyeyune was gunned when police and local defense unit personnel clashed with People Power supporters returning from a funeral of their colleague, Ritah Nabukenya in Kiboga district.

The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, says the IGP has reached out to Kyeyune’s family in Nankulabye to express his heartfelt condolences.

He also says the IGP has instructed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to expeditiously investigate the controversy surrounding Kyeyune’s shooting.

According to Onyango, the task team has already reconstructed the scene and is reviewing among other things recordings from CCTV cameras, 999 dispatch and accounts from witnessed to identify the culprit.

The team has also recovered three spent cartridges, a stone and left sandals from the scene. The team has also interviewed all officers who were patrolling last night and submitted their firearms for forensic analysis.

Major Yusuf Katamba, the UPDF First Division spokesperson has since distanced LDUs from the shooting.

He explains that upon receipt of information of the shooting, UPDF dispatched a team of investigators led by the Wakiso battalion commander to make inquiries and has issued a preliminary report.