It's DAY 565 since PC Charles Bahati of Bushenyi shot dead, Julius Ssemwaka, driver of UAX 480C & 'fled' on a boda boda, from armed patrol policemen. Police 'recovered' only the gun. Let's retweet daily to remind @igp_ug1, @CID1_UG & @PoliceUg to #ArrestSuspectPCCharlesBahati.
It's DAY 558 since PC Charles Bahati of Bushenyi shot dead, Julius Ssemwaka, driver of UAX 480C & 'fled' on a boda boda, from armed patrol policemen. Police 'recovered' only the gun. Let's retweet daily to remind @igp_ug1, @CID1_UG & @PoliceUg to #ArrestSuspectPCCharlesBahati.
In February 2007, Andrew Mwenda @AndrewMwenda resigned from Monitor and KFM due to editorial interference with free journalism, including freedom to criticise Mr Museveni and his family. Here are some excerpts from his awesome resignation letter:
It's DAY 557 since PC Charles Bahati of Bushenyi shot dead, Julius Ssemwaka, driver of UAX 480C & 'fled' on a boda boda, from armed patrol policemen. Police 'recovered' only the gun. Let's retweet daily to remind @igp_ug1, @CID1_UG & @PoliceUg to #ArrestSuspectPCCharlesBahati.
First They Came: A Lament Under the Shadow of the Crocodile
In the red dust of our ancestral soil,
where the ancient oak once whispered freedom
and the drums carried the heartbeat of the people,
a great darkness fell.
First they came for the Northerners,
and I did not speak out
because I was an Easterner.
Then they came for the Opposition,
and I did not speak because I was a ruling party stalwart, clutching my party card like a charm,
my belly full while my conscience starved.
Then they went for the students, extinguishing their dreams with batons and bullets.
And I did not speak
because I was no longer young,
my books were closed.
Then they went after the gay people,
and I did not speak – because their love was not mine.
Then they came for the civil society activists,
and I did not speak out – because I was not an activist;
I had a family to feed.
Then they came for the journalists,
and I did not speak out –
because I was not a journalist.
Then they came for me.
In the dead of night, boots on the veranda,
a knock like thunder from an angry sky.
My children hid under the bed,
trembling like leaves in the kaskazi wind.
And there was no one left to speak for me.
The neighbours drew their curtains.
The market women lowered their voices.
My friend turned off his phone.
The whole land cowered in silence – a nation of bowed heads, too terrified even to whisper a prayer.
The drums fell quiet.
Only the wind carried our shame across the savannah.
The Crocodile had won.
(Thanks for the inspiration, Martin Niemöller.
May we find the courage before the darkness takes us all.)
It's DAY 553 since PC Charles Bahati of Bushenyi shot dead, Julius Ssemwaka, driver of UAX 480C & 'fled' on a boda boda, from armed patrol policemen. Police 'recovered' only the gun. Let's retweet daily to remind @igp_ug1, @CID1_UG & @PoliceUg to #ArrestSuspectPCCharlesBahati.
It's DAY 550 since PC Charles Bahati of Bushenyi shot dead, Julius Ssemwaka, driver of UAX 480C & 'fled' on a boda boda, from armed patrol policemen. Police 'recovered' only the gun. Let's retweet daily to remind @igp_ug1, @CID1_UG & @PoliceUg to #ArrestSuspectPCCharlesBahati.
Aaron is fighting for every breath. ❤️🩹
After surviving heart surgery as a child, he now needs an urgent redo surgery in Italy to stay alive. The cost is UGX 150M (€30k)—a mountain his family can’t climb alone.
Please, let’s give Aaron a heartbeat. Every shilling counts.
The arrest of Prison Warder Anguyo in Aru, DR Congo, is a reminder that the long arm of the law works perfectly when the will exists.
It took security forces minimal time to track, locate, and apprehend him across an international border.
Yet, as we approach the 700-day mark since PC Charles Bahati allegedly shot Julius Ssekamwa, the trail remains "cold."
One man crosses a sovereign border and is caught; another vanishes into thin air within his own jurisdiction.
It suggests a disturbing "criminal formula" where the speed of justice is determined by factors the public isn't allowed to see.
It is becoming impossible to convince anyone that a police officer remains "at large" for two years without a trace.
To the public, the claim that a police officer, a man with a digital footprint, a payroll history, and a network of colleagues, can remain at large for two years is mathematically improbable.
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@PoliceUg@wadadamichael Well done! Now time to find Charles Bahati, your officer who killed a humble, hardworking, young Ugandan, Julius Ssemwaka on December 23, 2024.
It's DAY 441 since PC Charles Bahati from Bushenyi shot dead, Julius Ssekamwa, driver of M/v UAX 480C & 'fled' on a boda boda, from armed patrol policemen. Police 'recovered' only the gun. Let's retweet daily to remind @igp_ug & @PoliceUg to produce the suspect.
#ArrestPCBahati