By Weswa Ronnie
NAMISINDWA
Police in Namisindwa district has arrested 45 year old former PTA Board Chairman of Bunambale Primary Government aided school over allegations of stealing solar panels installed at the school.
Michael Kosi, a resident of Bunasambi village, Tsekululu Sub County in Namisindwa district was arrested on Saturday, 20th July, 2024.
The suspect was picked on Saturday after police sniffer dog went direct to his home after school leaders reported the theft of the solar panels in the wee hours of Saturday morning to police.
Rogers Taitika, the Elgon regional police spokesperson has confirmed the arrest saying the suspect is going to answer charges of theft in the courts of law after investigations are completed.
Apollo Masika, the area Member of Parliament representing Namisindwa county in Namisindwa district says that those solar panels were donated by him last year. He says he distributed the solar panels to a number of schools with the aim of improving on performance of pupils who sit for national examinations.
While speaking to our reporter on Saturday from his home at senior quarters in Mbale city in an exclusive interview he says that most of the schools in his constituency are located at hard to reach areas where electricity cannot reach.
Masika adds that he suspects his opponents of being behind the vandalizism of those school solar panel with the aim of weakening him and using it as a tool in the 2026 general election.
He argues that within one week, solar panels he donated to Bubukala primary school and Murumba primary school were also stolen by unknown people.
