Police rescue kidnapped children

CRIME | KIDNAP

The Police Flying Squad has rescued two children who were kidnapped by two men from Herb Kindergarten School in Nsangi, Wakiso district.

The children, Ahmed Buwema and Hadijja Nayigaga, are son and daughter of Kibirige Twaha and Nabunya Farridah of Nsangi division, Wakiso district.

The school management told the Police that the two men came to school and picked up the children and left their contacts behind.

The kidnappers, after taking away the children, called the parents and demanded sh150m or they would never see their children again.

PIC: suspected kidnappers Reagan Kibuuka and Emmanuel Kiweewa are in Police custody. They demanded sh150m from the couple

Ahmed Buwema and Hadijja Nayigaga with their children after they were rescued

A team of Police negotiators bargained with them until they agreed on a figure of sh80m.

"When the kidnappers came to receive the money, they were descended upon by plain clothed Police officers and arrested," ACP Herbert Muhangi, the Commander of the Flying Squad Unit of the Police, said.

The suspected kidnappers were identified as Reagan Kibuuka and Emmanuel Kiweewa, both residents of Lukaya in Masaka district. They are currently being detained at the Kampala Central Police Station investigations into the matter continue.

Cases of kidnap have become rampant, especially as unscrupulous people try to find ways of making money.