Tension as army recovers six bombs from 78-year-old woman’s home in Masaka

Kasijagirwa Armoured Brigade has confirmed recovery of six bombs from a 78-year-old woman’s home in Masaka District in central Uganda.
This was after constructors landed on the bombs while digging a new house foundation at the home of Ms Josephine Ndagire in Kyalusowe, Mukungwe Sub County.

The three builders who were contracted to construct a new house for Ms Ndagire reportedly became suspicious after seeing unusual metallic objects in shape of explosives.
“We usually see similar shapes of machines in movies but after we failed to understand what they were, we decided to inform Ms Ndagire who advised us to immediately report to police which responded,” said one of the builders only identified as Asiimwe.
The officer in charge of Nyendo police station, Dennis Kanakulya led the team of detectives who visited Ms Ndagire’s home.
“After seeing the explosives, I called my bosses from the army and the team positively reacted,” Mr Kanakulya said.

The head of Armoured Brigade Intelligence Department, Maj David Atwiine, who led the operation said four of the explosives were found in “good shape while the other two had been tampered with although the bomb squad managed to disarm them.”
“We suspect that these bombs were dropped during Amin’s war of the 1979. I commend residents for being vigilant enough to inform authorities in time,” he said.
The situation created tension for some hours forcing the security operatives to cordon off the scene for almost five hours.
Mr Andrew Kandiho, the Masaka District Internal Security officer said the increasing public awareness helped a lot for people to inform security operatives in time.
“We have always educated our people via community policing and radios to be security cautious and we are grateful that they take our advice seriously,” he said.