Kamuli born-again Christians kill village thief
By MOSES MUTAKA
Posted Thursday, August 20 2015 at 01:00KAMULI- They may be conversant with the Seventh Commandment “Thou shalt not kill” but a section of born-again Christians in Kamuli fell short in observing the command.
Posted Thursday, August 20 2015 at 01:00KAMULI- They may be conversant with the Seventh Commandment “Thou shalt not kill” but a section of born-again Christians in Kamuli fell short in observing the command.
They lynched a man accused of stealing about 20
plastic chairs from the Lufulandizi Pentecostal Church in Buzibirira
Trading Centre.
Twaha Kagoda, who had been nicknamed ‘Sniper’
because of allegedly being a habitual thief, is said to have first
attended an evening service at the church before reportedly making off
with the chairs.
Trouble began when he was found in the trading
centre trying to sell the chairs to a local businessman at Shs100,000 on
Thursday.
He is said to have fled into a nearby thicket, but
angry Christians followed him there and apprehended him before
battering him to death.
“We got him with his loot, but he decided to leave
it and took off to a nearby thicket but God was on our side and got
him,” a member of the Church who preferred not to be named told Daily
Monitor.
Kamuli District police commander, Ms Doreen Ninsiima, warned residents against taking the law into their own hands.
She urged the public to always involve the police
in tracking of suspected criminals instead of meting out their own form
of justice.
