The Joint security team has arrested two suspects for defying the Presidential directives intended to curb the spread of #COVID 19. The suspects are Disc Jockeys (DJ) Nimrod Nabeta and Shafiq Walakira.
According to Patrick Onyango the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Nimrod claims in his statement to police to have secured the food from the Office of the Prime Minister- OPM to distribute to fellow DJs
The duo was picked by security team from Makindye Division, Kampala while distributing food. Its alleged that the Prime Minister’s office had given them to distribute the food that was donated by well-wishers to all the DJs.
Nimrod instead of distributing food to the allocated group, he called people and started distributing it without observing the social distance.
Onyango says he was supposed to deliver the food to DJs without gathering a crowd and he did the opposite. He is currently detained at Katwe Police Station on charges of doing acts likely to spread infectious disease.
Onyango said the Investigations into the allegations are underway.