Locals in Jinja are looking for the whereabouts of three children who were picked up by unknown plain clothed gunmen on suspicion of being linked to the rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
The children are Aziza Nakadama,15, James Muwonge, 20, and Ardinard Alaye 17.
Musisi Kibugujju, the father to the children and the Southern Jinja City division National Unity Platform-NUP coordinator says the gunmen accessed their household and ordered his two wives and eight children to sit on the ground, ransacked their household and took away the kids blind folded.
According to Musisi, the plain-clothed gunmen forced their way into his home in Masese I village on Sunday.
Musisi explains that the group comprised two women and four men who were holding AK-47 rifles and were traveling in a numberless omnibus fondly known as a drone. He says that the gunmen overturned household items, inspected his garden, and blindfolded his children before speeding off.
He says that one of the ladies insisted that the children were collaborators of the rebel Allied Democratic Forces-ADF.
Kiira region police authorities have since declined to comment on the matter.
However, officers from Walukuba police station and Masese community policing station on condition of anonymity said that the drone was first sighted in the area on Friday but their superiors directed them to distance themselves from their operations.
Asad Magumba, the Masese I Village Defense Secretary, says that a numberless drone first stormed Musisi’s home on December 26th, 2022, but the occupants formally introduced themselves to the local leadership and came along with two local police officers.
He, however, notes that the Sunday incident was chaotic because the gunmen sealed off the road leading to Musisi’s residence and residents and motorcyclists converged to witness events as they unfolded.
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