Constable Abdulla Tusiime was captured on camera bravely controlling traffic during a heavy downpour in Kampala last Thursday, while Constable Charles Makawa was assaulted by a frenzied female driver at Nakawa Traffic lights.
The demonstrators blocked the road by planting banana stems and placing heavy stones, causing significant traffic disruptions. They demanded that the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and the Ministry of Works expedite the ongoing renovations.
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesiyire told URN that detectives traced and arrested Sematiko on Wednesday evening from Kirinya-Bweyogerere in Kira Wakiso district.
Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson, says that they impounded 339 motor vehicles and 265 motorcycles in the operations in Kampala Metropolitan policing areas.