Relatives narrate how Kampala trader was kidnapped
Nov 18, 2010
A Kampala car dealer who was kidnapped on Monday from Kazo, a Kampala suburb, was drugged with chloroform before being dumped on Masaka road.
By Francis Kagolo,
Ronnie Kijjambu
and Sarah Zawedde
A Kampala car dealer who was kidnapped on Monday from Kazo, a Kampala suburb, was drugged with chloroform before being dumped on Masaka road.
Emmanuel Twebaze was found unconscious on the roadside near Kavuga in Mpigi district where his captors are said to have left him on Tuesday night.
Besides recalling bits of the 24-hour ordeal in the hands of the captors, Twebaze can hardly identify the men.
When New Vision visited him in Kazo yesterday, the 27-year-old man was still drowsy and incoherent and declined to talk to journalists.
His brother, Remmy Twesigye, said residents discovered Twebaze at 3:00am on Tuesday. He said the residents used a mobile phone found in his pocket to call them (relatives).
Apart from the chloroform, Twebaze was not hurt, Twesigye explained.
“We took him to a clinic in Mpigi town and later brought him back home. He has been undergoing medication but he is not yet steady enough to narrate what happened.â€
Twebaze’s car was blocked with logs at 3:00am on Monday a few metres to his home.
He tried to reverse but his attackers blocked the car from the back. The windscreen was smashed before he was yanked out of the car and driven to an unknown destination.
The Police recovered an anonymous note accusing Twebaze of grabbing another man’s wife.
The handwritten letter stated: “I warned him to leave my wife Iva Mirembe. I spent a lot of money on her when she was studying at Bishop Stuart University in Mbarara.â€
“So now this is the reward for him. You will get him from the lake,†read the note.
The mood at Twebaze’s home was still solemn yesterday. His two young sisters looked terrified and unwelcoming to journalists.
Asked about Mirembe, Twesigye disclosed that the couple separated recently and the wife had returned to her parents in Mbarara.
Ronnie Kijjambu
and Sarah Zawedde
A Kampala car dealer who was kidnapped on Monday from Kazo, a Kampala suburb, was drugged with chloroform before being dumped on Masaka road.
Emmanuel Twebaze was found unconscious on the roadside near Kavuga in Mpigi district where his captors are said to have left him on Tuesday night.
Besides recalling bits of the 24-hour ordeal in the hands of the captors, Twebaze can hardly identify the men.
When New Vision visited him in Kazo yesterday, the 27-year-old man was still drowsy and incoherent and declined to talk to journalists.
His brother, Remmy Twesigye, said residents discovered Twebaze at 3:00am on Tuesday. He said the residents used a mobile phone found in his pocket to call them (relatives).
Apart from the chloroform, Twebaze was not hurt, Twesigye explained.
“We took him to a clinic in Mpigi town and later brought him back home. He has been undergoing medication but he is not yet steady enough to narrate what happened.â€
Twebaze’s car was blocked with logs at 3:00am on Monday a few metres to his home.
He tried to reverse but his attackers blocked the car from the back. The windscreen was smashed before he was yanked out of the car and driven to an unknown destination.
The Police recovered an anonymous note accusing Twebaze of grabbing another man’s wife.
The handwritten letter stated: “I warned him to leave my wife Iva Mirembe. I spent a lot of money on her when she was studying at Bishop Stuart University in Mbarara.â€
“So now this is the reward for him. You will get him from the lake,†read the note.
The mood at Twebaze’s home was still solemn yesterday. His two young sisters looked terrified and unwelcoming to journalists.
Asked about Mirembe, Twesigye disclosed that the couple separated recently and the wife had returned to her parents in Mbarara.