Residents in Kawoko parish, Bukomansimbi district, are shocked after thugs attacked two villages and robbed mobile phones and hard cash from over 20 households.

The incident happened on October 22, 2024, in Bugana and Serinya villages, Butenga sub-county in Bukomansimbi district.

Initial reports show that the thugs were fearless, strong, and muscular youth who had different tools and equipment that they used to break into people’s homes to steal.

In an interview with journalists on October 22, 2024, one of the locals identified as Ibra Musoke revealed that the thugs were coordinated and were breaking into people’s homes without the fear of being caught.

Musoke added that they robbed over 20 homes in Bugana and Serinya villages; however, they left no one harmed and scattered different SIM cards from different phones in the villages they stole them from.

’’These thugs were only interested in mobile phones and hard cash, and their appearance was enough for one to give them what they wanted without fighting them,” Musoke disclosed.

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He also revealed that one notable victim, called Isa Kasirye, who charges people phones, was robbed of more than 10 phones that he had with him.

Musoke called upon police in Mityana to investigate the issue and have the thugs arrested and stolen phones recovered.

On August 6, 2024, Mityana Municipality Mayor Faustine Mukambwe was attacked at his home by masked assailants wielding machetes. The robbers broke a window and demanded money, ultimately stealing UGX. 900,000 and a mobile phone before fleeing on motorcycles.

Additionally, on August 24, 2024, passengers aboard a Kampala-bound Link bus were robbed at gunpoint by a group of armed men who set up a roadblock in Mityana.