Nov 19, After years of terrorising people, fate has caught up with them. They may look innocent and graceful, but they are agents of evil. Atuhaire Juliet, a. The two young mothers are in cells at Katwe police station waiting for the law to decide their fate. Nabatanzi is eight months pregnant and has a two-year-old boy. Nabatanzi and Wanyana were arrested following the death of their lover whom they helped in his robbery undertakings.
Swaibu Mawanda was gunned down by security operatives in a swoop on November 11, in Ndeeba, a Kampala suburb. With tears rolling down their cheeks onto their dirty clothes, the hopeless women pleaded for forgiveness. The two were accomplices in a robbery chain manned by the man they shared and loved.
The women and Mawanda had terrorised people around Kampala for a long time. They stole anything including cooked food on a burning sigiri, motorcycles, cars and house- hold property. Nabatanzi the eldest mistress and Mawanda were expelled from Kansanga due to theft. Mawanda used women as his major tool in his illicit undertakings. He eloped with many of them to accomplish his mission of robbing and terrorising people around Kampala. After discovering that men especially the youthful boda boda operators, were vulnerable in the presence of a woman, he used me to lure his victims.
I would hire them and direct them to the planned spot where my husband would be waiting to pounce on the prey. Personally, I have never harmed anyone not even a fly. Women involvement in aggravated robbery is not new. The most vivid case is Mabira, a dark spot known for armed robberies. It was a woman at the thick of the issue. Until that woman was gunned down, aggravated robberies were common on the highway. Women are traditionally treated softly. Crime is crime and though the women were used, they engaged in criminal offences.
It is a reflection of what goes on in all spheres of our society. After years of helping an evil man to amass wealth, they cannot even afford to have a decent meal. They are living a hopeless and desperate life. Atuhaire is a resident of Gogonya Zone, Bulenga on Mityana road.
