The police have arrested a one Denis Tukamushaba alias Chicharito, the Proprietor of Eagle Tours and Travel in Kabale district for allegedly helping Rwandan nationals to acquire Ugandan national identity cards.
Bruno Kukundankwe Beitwenda the suspect’s lawyer says Tukamushaba, a resident of Bufuka village in Kitumba Sub County, Kabale district was summoned to Kabale Central Police Station to be interviewed on something, only to be detained upon arrival.
The Officer in Charge of the Criminal Investigations Department, Joel Ntabu and Kigezi Regional Police Commander, Dan Byaruhanga allegedly handcuffed the suspect and handed him over to operatives from the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) who whisked him off to unknown destination.
Kukudakwe adds that he was later informed by security that Tukamushaba is wanted for aiding Rwandan national to acquire Ugandan national identity cards.
He has allegedly been working as an agent between Rwandan nationals and some employees of the National Identification and Registration Authority-NIRA in Kabale to secure the national identity cards.
However, luck ran out for Tukamushaba when a female Rwandan national he helped secure a National Identity card identified as Josian was arrested in Kisoro district last week while processing a passport to exit Uganda and was found with both the Ugandan and Rwandan national identity cards.
Upon interrogation, Josian who is believed to be a wife to a Security Officer in Rwanda revealed that she was helped by Tukamushaba to obtain a Ugandan National identity card, a claim Kukudakwe disputes.
Josian was working as a waitress at Mist bar and lounge in Kabale before she relocated to Bunagana in Kisoro district where she was arrested.
The lawyer is now liaising with security officials to secure the release of his client on bond or ensure that he is produced in court.
Meanwhile, CMI is also investigating NIRA officials in Kabale over the same matter. According to Kigezi Regional Police Commander Dan Byaruhanga, Tukamushaba is locked up at Kisoro police station for questioning.
