The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) have confirmed that the Njovu ADF group is responsible for the recent attack in Kasese, which led to the death of one and injured another.
Brigadier General Felix Kulayigye, the UPDF Spokesperson, confirmed the development and said that the attackers were the remaining Njovu ADF members who have been on the run since the arrest of their leader, Njovu.
“It is true that there is a group of about six or seven remnants of the Njovu group who killed a woman while in her garden and also left cuts on the son’s body,” Kulayigye noted.
According to preliminary reports, the deceased is Betty Biira, 47, and her injured son is Harrison Maserika, aged 14.
The acting police spokesperson in Rwenzori East Region, SP Luke Mbusa, Biira, and her son were camping in the garden to chase away birds from destroying their already-harvested rice when the attack happened.
Mbusa noted that Maserika managed to escape from the assailants after they injured him on the head, neck, and other parts of the body.
“He ran away from them and went to Ngoko Trading Centre, about three kilometers from the scene of the crime. ,” Mbusa narrated.
SP Mbusa said Maserika is currently at Mount St. Marys Hospital in Kasese district.
The attack happened in Bududa farm garden in Ngoko village, Kitswamba Sub-county in Kasese district.
Recently, President Yoweri K. Museveni emphasized the need for vigilance among Ugandans following the growing number of ADF attempts to bomb Kikuba-mutwe, Kabalagala area, and Nabweru 2 cell, which were in vain.
