Ugandan artiste Bebe Cool, and his civilian bodyguards, have filed a notice to sue the Government seeking over sh800m in compensation after they allegedly were shot by a Policeman near Centenary Park Gardens.
Bebe Cool, Allan Masengere, Godfrey Kayiiza and Abas Bosco Kabobyo filed their notice in court on February 2, and served it on the Attorney General. He has to reply the claims within 45 days.Bebe,the son of former Ugandan minister Bidandi Ssali, and the three others are claiming that the state is liable for the policeman’s actions.
The group alleges that on January 29, as they walked near the park, a Special Police Constable, Anthony Achikan, fired over 10 bullets at them, injuring everyone including his fellow policeman who was accompanying them. President Yoweri Museveni, Vice-president Prof. Gilbert Buke
nya and the Police chief, Maj Gen. Kale Kayihura, are among the dignitaries who visited Bebe Cool in hospital. Kayihura regretted the incident and promised investigations into the matter.
The group states that Bebe Cool was shot twice and sustained a fracture in the thigh.
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