Moroto prison escapee captured in Kampala

PRISON BREAK | SECURITY 

Security agencies led by Uganda People's Defense Forces have arrested a man linked to the September Moroto Prison jailbreak.

He was identified as Samuel Abura, a resident of Nadunget sub county in Moroto district.

The arrest brings to 33, the number of prisoners so far apprehended after the jail break on September 17, 2020.

According to UPDF deputy spokesperson, Lt Col. Deo Akiiki, 12 of the prisoners have since been killed.  

During the escape, 219 prisoners are said to have runaway triggering panic in the community and within the Moroto district leadership.

Uganda Prisons spokesman, Frank Baine, said at the time, 30 inmates and four officers had previously tested positive to the virus and that had prompted the prisons authority to take samples of all the inmates and staff for testing.

At the time of their escape, results of testing had not yet returned but all the inmates were under quarantine.  

The prisoners escaped after killing warder, Corporal Walter Ochoria, after they were intercepted.

Official records indicated that the prisoners fled with 15 guns and 400 rounds of ammunitions.

Akiiki did not reveal if any more guns had been recovered.

However, reports indicated that most of the escapees were former cattle rustlers.