An overzealous police officer on patrol in Kyebando, a Kampala City suburb, shot and injured a boda passenger as he was being taken to Mulago hospital for medical attention.
Mr Jedi Onyango, 49, who survived death narrowly, said he felt discomfort on Wednesday morning and called his doctor who directed that he should go to Mulago hospital.
“I went to the roadside and hitched a ride to Mulago hospital, but once we reached Mawanda Road, a pick-up truckload of field force officers waved us down. They flashed at us and I told the rider to stop.
Immediately, one of the police officers cocked his gun and released one bullet that missed my head by inches as I ducked,” he said.
Onyango added: “He again released another bullet that caught my hand. The officer thought I had died. He came closer and stabbed my foot several times with his bayonet and dumped me in the trench and drove away.”
Mr Onyango said a few minutes after, a group of boda boda riders came and hauled him out of the gutter and carried him to One Touch Medical Centre in Kyebando to get first aid.
