{"id":53067,"date":"2023-07-22T20:49:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T20:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist"},"modified":"2023-07-22T22:02:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T22:02:19","slug":"two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist","title":{"rendered":"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>At least two people were overnight Friday shot dead in the latest reported case of a deadly attack targeting a mobile money agent in Wakiso District.<\/p>\n

Owner of multiple mobile money shops, Lawrence Lutasera and his house help Rashid Ssenyondo were shot \u2013outside the former\u2019s residence- by two men on a Shs80 million heist, according to police.<\/p>\n

The yet to be identified criminals were riding on a motorcycle during the shooting incident in Kyengera Town Council’s Nakirama Trading Centre, according to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango.<\/p>\n

An eyewitness and relative to the businessman, Mariam Nangobya said the criminals first shot Ssenyondo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey shot Ssenyondo as he was opening and he couldn\u2019t speak but he was crying until when he ran towards the backyard,\u201d she told NTV Uganda<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The two were pronounced dead at Doctor\u2019s Hospital in Sseguku where they\u2019d been rushed for treatment.<\/p>\n

According to Nakirama Trading Centre resident Staurt Kaweesi, this was not the first time Lutasera was being pursued by thugs who normally conduct raids on businesspeople mostly between 7pm-11pm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey previously aimed at Lutasera with a weighing stone thrown in his face but he survived,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were approaching the trading centre and heard several gunshots. We are shocked by his brutal killing and appeal for security in our area,\u201d another area resident John Bosco Mutyaba added.<\/p>\n

Early Saturday, Kyengera Mayor Mathias Walukaga advised locals to always return home early following a wave of attacks that have left many mobile money agents killed across the country since year start.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should also deploy security to avoid such incidents,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n

Police have also condemned the double murder.<\/p>\n

“We urge people to always move with little cash because having huge case attracts attacks from criminals,\u201d Onyango warned.<\/p>\n

According to the 2022 annual crime report, over 270 cases of murder by shooting were recorded by the law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. At least two people were overnight Friday shot dead in the latest reported case of a deadly attack targeting a mobile money agent in Wakiso District. Owner of multiple mobile money shops, Lawrence Lutasera and his house help Rashid Ssenyondo were shot \u2013outside the former\u2019s residence- by two men on a Shs80 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":53066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-53067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nTwo shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At least two people were overnight Friday shot dead in the latest reported case of a deadly attack targeting a mobile mo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least two people were overnight Friday shot dead in the latest reported case of a deadly attack targeting a mobile mo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-22T20:49:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-22T22:02:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/07\/sm_1690046797.836212.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"685\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-22T20:49:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-22T22:02:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist\"},\"wordCount\":338,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/07\/sm_1690046797.836212.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist\",\"name\":\"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/07\/sm_1690046797.836212.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-22T20:49:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-22T22:02:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"At least two people were overnight Friday shot dead in the latest reported case of a deadly attack targeting a mobile mo ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/07\/sm_1690046797.836212.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/07\/sm_1690046797.836212.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":685,\"caption\":\"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist - Uganda","description":"At least two people were overnight Friday shot dead in the latest reported case of a deadly attack targeting a mobile mo ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist","og_description":"At least two people were overnight Friday shot dead in the latest reported case of a deadly attack targeting a mobile mo ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-07-22T20:49:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-22T22:02:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":685,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/07\/sm_1690046797.836212.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist","datePublished":"2023-07-22T20:49:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-22T22:02:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist"},"wordCount":338,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/07\/sm_1690046797.836212.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist","name":"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/07\/sm_1690046797.836212.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-22T20:49:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-22T22:02:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"At least two people were overnight Friday shot dead in the latest reported case of a deadly attack targeting a mobile mo ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/07\/sm_1690046797.836212.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/07\/sm_1690046797.836212.jpg","width":1080,"height":685,"caption":"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-shot-dead-by-thugs-in-kyengera-mobile-money-heist#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Two shot dead by thugs in Kyengera mobile money heist"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}