Ugandans have expressed mixed reactions after police launched a manhunt for the self-proclaimed tycoon, Charles Olim alias Sipapa over alleged involvement in a robbery in Kampala in which over Shs1.6 billion was stolen.
According to Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, Jacob Arok, a South Sudan national and resident of Bunga in Kampala was robbed on the night of August 28, 2022, when unknown men broke into his home after applying suspected chloroform to the occupants.
Enanga revealed that when the South Sudan national reported the matter to the police, detectives tracked one of the phones stolen, and following this lead, the signal led them to Sipapa’s home in Buwaate, in Wakiso district.
Enanga said a search in the home in the presence of Shamilah Nakiyimba, the wife of Sipapa led to the recovery of several items stolen including $70,000, four iPhones, three laptops, gold jewelry an iPhone charger, and a Mac Pro charger.
These are some of the reactions by Ugandans on the blue app, Twitter.