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Police in Mityana District have launched a joint manhunt for machete-wielding assailants who allegedly attacked Mityana Municipality mayor, Faustine Mukambwe in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, robbing him of Shs900, 000 and a mobile phone.

The raid at Mr Mukambwe’s home located in Kigoogwa Village in the Central Division of Mityana Municipality happened at around 2am, he told this reporter.

Mr Mukambwe said he was in the bathroom at the time of the attack.

“It is my sister I stay with in the house who alerted me that assailants were walking outside the house. I panicked and peeped through one of the glass windows and I saw three masked assailants. They smashed one of the windows using machetes and threatened to break into the house if I didn’t give them money. I had some Shs900,000 in my bedroom which I threw to them through the smashed window. They felt dissatisfied and also asked for my smartphone which I also surrendered,” he explained.

After receiving the money and a mobile phone, Mr Mukambwe said the assailants disappeared from the scene using a boda boda. He revealed that he had withdrawn the money from the bank on Monday evening to clear fees balances for his school going children.

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