Police chief gives out brother's gun over loan

The police chief at the Lusha police station in the Elgon area of Bulambuli district, Uganda, has been accused of taking his younger brother's gun and using it as collateral for a loan of Ugandan shillings 700,000, equivalent to Ksh 25,000 in Kenyan currency.

According to Nile Post, the police boss took the gun and used it as collateral for a loan with favorable terms.

The AK 47 rifle, with 30 rounds of ammunition, which had been dispatched to the Lusha Police Station in the Lusha rural village, disappeared under mysterious circumstances on April 10.

However, it was found ten days later, from a money lender in nearby Bunabude - who seemed to have carried it as a stick to show off his newfound power.

The circumstances under which the money lender, identified only as Sande, found the gun on his back unfolded last Wednesday when Elgon Police Commander Bosco Otim Loro announced that the gun had been found as it was.

"In truth, the gun was not lost, it was given out by a police officer instead of money," an elder in Lusha village confidently told the Nile Post.

It was for a loan of Shs700,000, Nile Post found out.

Subsequent investigations revealed that while the whereabouts of the gun could not be ascertained, the officer who signed for it was detained.

The police chief, in his statement, revealed that the gun had disappeared from his home. His wife was later taken in for questioning, and the investigation continued.