The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has asked government to explain the Sunday shooting incident at Port Bell, Luzira that left two people dead and one injured.

During the eviction exercise by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) officials, a guard to George Agaba, the authority's director of planning, went on a shooting spree when the exercise was met with resistance from the locals and shot dead two men and injured a woman in the arm.

Addressing journalists at the party head offices in Najjanankumbi, Kampala on Monday, the party's deputy spokesperson, Toterebuka Bamwenda said government needs to explain first, the circumstances under which the two people were killed during the Sunday melee and then, who authorized the accused to carry guns.

"Let them disown or own the incident. We want to know the circumstances under which two innocent people were killed and others injured. Let them also clearly explain whether the eviction was carried out professionally," he said.

"We also want to know who the real owner of the gun and the pistol is."

The trigger-happy bodyguard, who killed the two men dressed in civilian attire, is a police constable identified as Santos Komakech.

Stringent law

Bamwenda asked government to compensate and support all the families of the dead and those injured.

He said government should expeditiously come up with a strong legislation on the use of firearms in order to avoid losing lives recklessly.

"We condemn the act and the culture of killings by armed men in civilian attire. We demand that police institutes strict rules on the use of firearms. We also demand that security agencies immediately cease the deployment of plain-clothed officers for covert operations," he remarked.

The FDC deputy spokesperson also said that security uniform should be gazetted and that all officers should always wear them while executing their duties for easy identification.

He noted that Agaba should have requested for police officers to enforce safety, law and order while carrying out an eviction as a profession force.

Among the things government should do, Bamwenda suggests, is to annually carry out a mental check-up on all security officers who use firearms so as to know their status before being deployed.

"Because of this, Agaba should be held accountable for the mess because he acted unprofessionally by not informing police prior as required. He is not even supposed to be part of the operation but he would have waited for a report from his juniors," he said, and asked police to investigate the circumstances under which Agaba acquired his rifle.