• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Africa Horn Now

"We don't take sides; we help you see more sides."

Africa Horn Now

ካብ ውሽጢ ቤት ማእሰርታት ኤርትራ

Published: May 6, 2021

PBS: Escaping Eritrea … [Read More...] about ካብ ውሽጢ ቤት ማእሰርታት ኤርትራ

Uganda: UPDF lieutenant arrested over extortion

March 11, 2017 By AHN

JOSEPH KATO | SATURDAY MARCH 11 2017 | DAILY MONITOR

KAMPALA. A senior army officer in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is being detained at Old Kampala Police Station on allegations of extortion.
Lt Juma Oketch was arrested this week after police’s intelligence officers received information linking him to the racket of criminals extorting and conning businessmen and unsuspecting individuals in Kampala.

Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Mr Emilian Kayima, confirmed Lt Oketch’s arrest saying he is a suspect of fraud and extortion.
“What is I know is that Lt Oketch was arrested on suspicion of extortion and he is at our Old Kampala cells,” Mr Kayima said.
However, a police source said the army officer was arrested over recruiting more than 30 youths into a militia group. The source said police was investigating the motive of recruiting youths as young as 18 years as reserve force.
“We have some of his youth in the cells. Most of them are aged 18 and 24 years. They possess army identity cards which we cannot tell how they got them but investigations are continuing,” a source said.

Mr Kayima dismissed reports that Lt Oketch was arrested over illegal recruitment insisting that the officer was arrested on extortion and was going to be released anytime since there was no evidence linking him to a racket of extortionists in Kampala.
“I am not aware about his involvement in illegal recruitment. Like I said he is a suspect of extortion. We may release him today because there is no evidence whatsoever connecting him to extortionists,” Mr Kayima said.

Cases of army officers involving in extortion, fraud and robbery cases have of recent become synonymous. For instance in August last year, a UPDF captain attached to National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi District was arrested for his involvement in Highway robberies.
The same month police killed another UPDF soldier suspected of carrying out armed robberies in the city against mobile money agents. He died after sustaining injuries in a shoot-out with police officers in Nakaseke District.

Brig Richard Karemire, UPDF spokesperson, was not available for a comment as he did not respond nor return our calls and text messages sent to him.

Filed Under: AHN NEWS

Primary Sidebar

A New Administration Won’t Heal American Democracy

Published: November 6, 2020

The Rot in U.S. Political Institutions Runs Deeper Than Donald Trump Larry Diamond | November 5, 2020 | Foreign … [Read More...] about A New Administration Won’t Heal American Democracy

Archives

  • May 2021
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • June 2019
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • November 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • May 2014
  • March 2014

Log In

Copyright © 2025 Africa Horn Now · WordPress · Log in