Press Release
Our attention has been drawn to today’s red pepper story titled “suspect held over assassination hit list” on page 7 of Wednesday, October 31 2018, where you used a picture of wanted person.
The headline in the story portrays that the said person who appears on the page has been arrested.
This is to clarify that the said person has not been arrested and he is wanted by Police
The suspect is still on the run and a bounty of Shs 20,000,000/= (twenty million shillings only) awaits anybody that can give us information leading to his arrest. The Telephone numbers are 0712827702, 0702436325, 0702415982, and 0715411689.
Members of the public should be on the lookout for the thug as he might take advantage of that misrepresentation to strike again.
SP Patrick Onyango
Deputy Police Public Relations Officer
Uganda Police Force
31/10/2018