CMI Boss Remanded Over Assaulting City Business Man

CMI Boss Remanded Over Assaulting City Business Man. Court in Kampala has remanded Lt. Mugenyi Muhammad an officer at the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) over assaulting one Albert Abimanya who had reported a case of obtaining money by false pretence against Pius Mugumya.

The Court heard that in August 2023, Abimanya imported a pickup truck Vide MG Extender Pick up Model 2021 from Thailand and as he looking for a clearing Agent before the car could car could arrive, he was approached by one Pius Mugumya who introduced himself to him as a customs officer at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and he told him that he was going to clear the Vehicle before it reaches in Uganda pending physical Verification with URA.

He further assured Abimanya that he had all the potential and also introduced himself as an Special Forces Command (SFC) officer at a rank of Lt. Col. attached to URA customs Commanding all SFC boarder post customs.

He again flashed to him a greenish identification Card for SFC and confirmed to him that the clearance process should cost him shs 27m which abimanya paid in full but Mugumya did not clear the car to date as he had promised.

This prompted Abimanya to take the matters to Kira Road Police station that arrested and detained Mugunya Pius from where he confessed that he was merely an impostor and neither worked with URA nor been an SFC Commander contrary to his claims.

Upon detention he was charged with obtaining money by false pretences vide: vide Kira Road CRB 1153/2023. However, on 24th november2023, Abimanya was called to go to the Kira Police station from where he found Lt. Muhammad Mugenyi who demanded from him to drop the claims and allow the release of the suspect Mugumya Pius.

When abimanya refused, the said Lt. Mugenyi stood up and assaulted him by slapping him twice in his face before the I.O and ordered him to get out and he moved out. The incident has landed the military officer Lt Mugenyi in trouble when Abimanya ordered his Lawyers from Imran Advocates and Solicitors to file assault case to Police vide: Kira Road SD 72/27/11/2023 that arraigned him before court which has today remanded him.