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Insecurity forcing Kampala’s rich to seek guns – Nakawa Mayor

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The Mayor of Nakawa Division in Kampala City Ronald Balimwezo Nsubuga is worried about the increasing number of rich people seeking his recommendation to acquire private firearms for personal security.

According to Engineer Balimwezo, the increase in the number of those seeking guns could be a result of the recent insecurity that has hit the city, where a number of people have been kidnapped and killed.

“I am overwhelmed by the increasing number of people coming in my office on a daily basis to recommend them acquire private guns,” Eng. Balimwezo said, while presiding over the launch of a new customer service centre at Uganda Baati, the producers of roofing iron sheets.

He said there was need for government to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, noting that a high level of poverty in the country has forced the young people into criminality.

“Even as I was coming here some people were calling me to recommend them for firearms,” Eng. Balimwezo said.

He also said children between the ages 9-15 are being used to break into people’s houses. “We are losing a generation,” he said, adding that there was also need to control sports betting activities in the city and the country at large. “Sports betting has become a threat. It is a big challenge,” he added.

We should work to stop these challenges because they are killing a generation,” he said.

The mayor urged government to establish special confinements for kids caught in criminal activities instead of letting them mix in society without any caution and then end up being used by hard core criminals. “You know that in Uganda kids are criminally free,” he said.

He also cautioned the community against neglecting children from poor families.

“Please support children from people get an education,” he said, warning that children who don’t go to school have high potential to become future rapists and burglars.

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