Luwero Resident District Commissioner has blamed the attack in Wobulenzi town council on the deployment of one guard.
An unknown assailant attacked Advance Smart Micro Finance located in Modern Zone in Wobulenzi town on Wednesday and shot dead Leone Odongo a 20-year-old guard attached at SGA Security Company and made off with his firearm.
Now, Richard Bwabye the Luwero RDC says that after the Police Station heightened the security of its premises, the assailants have now resorted to attacking private security guards to rob guns.
According to Bwabye, it has been established that there was one security guard manning the security at the Microfinance office which the assailant exploited.
He adds that if the security firm had deployed at least two guards in different positions as directed by the Inspector General of Police, it would have been be easy to repel the attack as well as kill the assailant.
Bwabye says that there was also a lack of supervision on side of the Police and that the District Police Commander has been directed to ensure that all private premises are guarded by at least two guards as directed by IGP to prevent repeated attacks.
The Savannah Regional Police Spokesperson Patrick Lule said that security is still considering charges of negligence against the security company as well as the microfinance institution.
Lule adds that they have also embarked on enforcing directives on private security companies to ensure they deploy at least two security guards.
However, Katikamu South Member of Parliament Hassan Kirumira says that even two armed security guards can be overrun, citing recent attacks on Police Stations. Kirumira tasked the government to act decisively and fight the attackers.
