Police say 9 people including police officers are still being held at Katwe police post for illegally holding a concert over the weekend in Ddungu Resort, Munyonyo, Kampala Capital City.
Among those arrested include Nigerian artiste Stanley Omah Didia alias Omah Lay, artiste Temilade Openyi alias Tems, Muyiwa Awomiyi (Temilade’s manager),
Benjamin Kabura (organizer), Ivan Ddungu, the manager of the place where the concert was held, and Prim Kasana, the event manager, who contracted Omah Lay to sing.
The police officers are L/AIP Fabiano Juma, No.51328 PC John Bosco Ocaba and No.67898 PC Paul Odongo.
The above suspects organized a concert after conniving with cops, defying the Ministry of Health guidelines on containing COVID 19.
Patrick Onyango the Kampala metropolitan police mouthpiece says all the suspects are being held on the offense of doing acts that are likely to cause the spread of infectious disease, Corona virus.
He says the culprits first disguised it as lunch and dinner events, but later on, at night they started inviting artists to perform.
The arrested officers and three others still at large are also being investigated for disobeying lawful
