A couple in Bugembe Ward, Jinja City, is counting losses after armed robbers stormed their home and robbed them of more than twenty million shillings during a night attack on Saturday.
Fred Kakooza and Betty Kigayi Kakooza, who operate a molasses business across Eastern Uganda, say the incident occurred shortly after they returned home at around 10:20 pm.
Kigayi narrates that they had just finished counting the day’s sales when she stepped outside for a shower, unaware that armed men were already inside their compound.
She says she later heard suspicious movement but proceeded to finish bathing before heading back to the house, where she was confronted at gunpoint.
The couple says the assailants stole 9.8 million shillings that had been placed in a bag, and later recovered an additional 11 million shillings hidden in the house as working capital.
Kakooza says he was also robbed of an unspecified amount of cash from his pockets after being assaulted during the raid.
The attackers further took six mobile phones and a smart television before packaging the stolen items into plastic bags.
They later demanded the keys to the couple’s Toyota Harrier, registration number UA 503 EK, before fleeing the scene.
James Mubi, the Kiira Regional Police Spokesperson says the stolen vehicle was later recovered using GPS tracking technology from a private parking yard in Jinja City.
He says investigations are ongoing to identify the suspects, determine their motive, and establish whether there are accomplices linked to the robbery.
By URN
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