Authorities in Kikuube district are searching for unknown assailants who set ten houses at Kyehoro landing site in Nkondo parish Kabwoya sub-county on fire, destroying property worth millions of Shillings.
According to Kasanga Ofungi, the LC I Chairperson of Kyehoro landing site, the incident occurred around 1:30 am in the wee hours of Monday.
She alleges that the assailants first raided the home of Beatrice Oweki, where they burnt three grass-thatched houses destroying all the property including mattresses, clothes, chairs, and tables among others.
They later went to Festo Omirambe’s home where they also set his house ablaze before torching another house belonging to Jane Berochan, and the fire spread to other houses.
He says that the assailants took off when area residents sounded an alarm after several houses caught fire. The residents struggled to put off the fire in vain.
Ofungi added that they have not yet established the motive behind the attack. However, there are no human casualties since all the people who were in the houses by the time they were torched were rescued.
Oweki who was the first victim says that they are currently out in the cold since all her three houses were torched.
She wants police to expedite investigations into the fire to apprehend the suspects.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson, says that police have commenced investigations, but no suspect has been apprehended in connection with the incident.
