By Weswa Ronnie
BUDAKA
A prison escapee has been shot dead by a Prison officer who had been tracking him after he resisted re-arrest.
Muyaba Asuman aged 25yrs and a Mugwere by tribe, resident of Bubulanga Village, Kamonkoli Town Council in Budaka District shot through the ribs and legs by ASP Kaisi Mutaawe on Friday, 20th December, 2024.
According to a police statement issued by RPC Bukedi North, Moses Kityo, today Saturday, 21st December, 2024, the incident took place at Bubulanga Village, Kamonkoli Town Council, in Budaka District around 8:00PM.
It’s alleged that the victim was shot after he resisted arrest from ASP Kaisi Mutaawe prison officer attached to Kampala remand home who had trailed him from Adjumani government prison where he had been taken as a convict but escaped and came up to his home village.
Kityo says Muyaba was convicted at Budaka chief magistrate court and sentenced to nine years and four months for burglary and theft vide CRB 93/2023 of Kamonkoli which was to end on the 26/01/2030.
He was transferred to Mbale prison where he stayed for one day and taken on 28/10/2023 to Adjumani prison. He escaped on 17/12/2024 from Adjumani prison.
Body of the deceased was retrieved from the scene and taken to Budaka mortuary for postmortem.
