67-year-old Andrew Kabeera operating a sewing machine at Namungoona a Kampala suburb reminisced how not a single a day goes by without remembering his son Dan Tumwine who was shot dead by a Police officer at Kawempe on the 31st December 2014. On that fateful day, it is said that plain clothed Police officers Julius Kwikiriza and Kenneth Ayebazibwe showed up at Tumwine’s workplace to arrest his colleague in connection with an outstanding debt. Tumwine is said to have asked the Police officers why they were arresting his colleague. instead of offering an answer, Kwikiriza drew his gun and shot Tumwine in the mouth killing him instantly. “He drew two pistols and shot him in the mouth.” The Police promised to investigate the matter and bring the suspect to book.

However, three years down the road the family of the deceased are seeing no justice yet. “I walked in and out of Kawempe Police Station for help for close to a year. But I never got it.” Said, Andrew Kabeera – Father to the late Dan Tumwine. NTV saw a report from the Criminal Investigations Directorate confirming that the Police officer committed the offense. Andrew Kabeera, the father to the late Tumwine claimed that even the Police Professional Standards Unit had not been of any help. “The officer I met there told me to take my son’s children to an NGO for support if we couldn’t look after them.” When contacted, the Police Professional Standards Unit Vincent Sekate, said the suspect was still at large. “Immediately after the shooting, he just came, brought the gun and abandoned the gun to the station then he took off. So from that time, we have tried to look for this officer and we completely checked the places where he would be hiding.” Said, Vincent Sekate.

Kabeera had only two sons and Tumwine was the elder and the most supportive of the two. “He used to take care of me in every way.” We traced the deceased’s widow and the children who lived in Nansana and She told us how life had been difficult in the years since her husband’s murder. “The condition is so bad.” She was lucky that her late husband’s friends constructed for her the house she now lives in which saved her from paying rent but food and tuition remained an everyday challenge. “I have to beat all odds to find money because my children have to eat and study.” Said, Suzan Kamulali – Dan Tumwine’s Widow. Tumwine’s family claimed that justice was delayed yet these were not the first people to put the Police on the spot for acting unlawfully and getting away with it.