Journalist Killed in Kasese

Uganda Press; Journalists in Kasese District have condemned the killing of there colleague, Amon Thembo Wa'Mupagashya. According to Kasese Central Police, Thembo was attacked and shot dead by unknown armed thugs at about 1am in Kyogha village, Bwera Sub-county, on friday night as he returned from covering a wedding. Thembo, 42, was the director of the Mupagashya Community television centre in Kasese Town. Police say a witness, the deceased’s son, Arnold Mumbere, said men immediately took off with his father’s video camera, a jacket and a bag after being shot. The boy survived unhurt in the process. In a meeting chaired by the district information officer, Mr John Thawithe, journalists said their professional work is at risk if the security personnel do not intervene in curbing insecurity. In a joint statement, the journalists said: “It is tragic that our colleague Amon Thembo died in such a manner. We condemn with strongest terms the killing of our colleague. May the police and other security personnel intensify their operations and investigations so that the assailants are brought to book.” Thembo is survived by a wife and three children. He was buried in Kyogha yesterday.