KAMPALA, Uganda|Egineer Frank Kitumba, the former ICT director, is nursing injuries following brutal attacks on Tuesday night within the university premises. The attack happened around midnight. just an hour after Kitumba had returned from visiting his two-year-old child at Wandegeya Medical Chambers, where the child was being treated for malaria and other illnesses.

Kitumba, who is struggling to speak in a low tone due to a lack of energy and injuries sustained, is currently unable to see as his eyes are swollen and closed. Despite his condition, he managed to recount the events of the attack, breaking down in tears as he spoke.

According to Kitumba, a FUSO truck with no number plates, carrying approximately 30 people, forced its way into his compund. The attackers , who did not wear masks, beat and dragged Kitumba, leaving him with severe head injuries and bloodstains on his black T-shirt.

Kitumba said the assailants searched for money in the house and stole his phones belonging to his family members, leaving them without any means of communication. The attackers further packed household items, including fridges, gas cookers, and other personal belongings.

In a shocking turn of events, the attackers wore Kitumba’s suits as they left the scene with his stolen property. Some items that were not stolen were deliberately destroyed, including beds that were cut, mattresses slashed, broken glass, and even house toilets vanadalized.

One suspect, a turn boy named Henry Katabira, was arrested on the spot by the LC1 Chairman and is currently detained at Wandegeya Police Station. The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango confirmed Katabira’s arrest, adding that police preferred charges of aggrevated robbery under reference SD 02\02\04\2025 and that investigations were still ongoing.

The FUSO truck, registration number UAX169Q, which transported stolen property, was impounded near Kajjansi Police Station. Kitumba is currently receiving treatment for his injuries. Kitumba’s lawyers from GEM Advocates, led by Stanley Okecho, condemned the attack.

” How can you enter Makerere through the main gate and cause mayhem to a resident? These actions are acts of cowardice; consequences shall follow, regardless of kindred, to everyone involved, no matter how long this shall take,” Okecho noted.

The attacks come amid Kitumba’s long-running legal battles with Makerere University, which has been pushing for his eviction from university housing. In October 2024, Kityumba appealed to the Inspector of Police for protection after receiving threats of eviction from Makerere police university management, who served as ICT director for seven years until April 2018. He says that the university has failed to pay his outstanding National Social Security Fund contributions, which have now accumulated to over Ugshs 200 million plus the interest.