Kawempe divison chief locks principal town clerk in office
Apr 09, 2008
THERE was drama at Kawempe Division offices on Tuesday morning when the chairman, Nasser Takuba, locked the principal assistant town clerk inside his office for three hours.
By Eddie Ssejjoba
THERE was drama at Kawempe Division offices on Tuesday morning when the chairman, Nasser Takuba, locked the principal assistant town clerk inside his office for three hours.
Abner Besigye was rescued by the deputy resident district commissioner (RDC), Edward Ssekabanjja and the division intelligence officer, Lt. Yahaya Kakooza, who cut the padlock to let him out.
Division councillors and workers looked on in amazement as Besigye made desperate calls to people, asking to be rescued.
Takuba was incensed by Ssekabanjja’s decision to free Besigye.
“I am not happy with the RDC. How could he come and break into the office and take out the man without even giving me a call, wasn’t that undermining my powers?†Takuba said.
“We decided to lock Besigye inside after he failed to respond when we knocked at his door,†he added.
“We have been asking his bosses to transfer him but they are taking long to act.
“We wanted to push him out and he decided to lock himself inside.â€
After being rescued, Besigye recorded a statement at Kawempe Police Station.
He said he called the town clerk, Ruth Kijjambu and the division Police chief, Andrew Mutesaasira, to rescue him.
Kijjambu sent Martin Owor, a senior security officer, who oversaw the rescue mission.
Besigye said his differences with Takuba began when he refused to fund a two-week course for division leaders in Israel.
He added that Takuba was angry with him for ordering the arrest of members of the Mujje Tukole Hawkers Association.
The group, whose patron is Takuba, was allegedly getting money from fellow hawkers but not remitting it to the division.
Besigye also claimed that the the chairman and his executive were pushing for his exit because he blocked them from using division garbage trucks for private work.
“They in turn tried to block me from attending a training course at Kyankwanzi,†Besigye explained.
THERE was drama at Kawempe Division offices on Tuesday morning when the chairman, Nasser Takuba, locked the principal assistant town clerk inside his office for three hours.
Abner Besigye was rescued by the deputy resident district commissioner (RDC), Edward Ssekabanjja and the division intelligence officer, Lt. Yahaya Kakooza, who cut the padlock to let him out.
Division councillors and workers looked on in amazement as Besigye made desperate calls to people, asking to be rescued.
Takuba was incensed by Ssekabanjja’s decision to free Besigye.
“I am not happy with the RDC. How could he come and break into the office and take out the man without even giving me a call, wasn’t that undermining my powers?†Takuba said.
“We decided to lock Besigye inside after he failed to respond when we knocked at his door,†he added.
“We have been asking his bosses to transfer him but they are taking long to act.
“We wanted to push him out and he decided to lock himself inside.â€
After being rescued, Besigye recorded a statement at Kawempe Police Station.
He said he called the town clerk, Ruth Kijjambu and the division Police chief, Andrew Mutesaasira, to rescue him.
Kijjambu sent Martin Owor, a senior security officer, who oversaw the rescue mission.
Besigye said his differences with Takuba began when he refused to fund a two-week course for division leaders in Israel.
He added that Takuba was angry with him for ordering the arrest of members of the Mujje Tukole Hawkers Association.
The group, whose patron is Takuba, was allegedly getting money from fellow hawkers but not remitting it to the division.
Besigye also claimed that the the chairman and his executive were pushing for his exit because he blocked them from using division garbage trucks for private work.
“They in turn tried to block me from attending a training course at Kyankwanzi,†Besigye explained.