The Inspector General of Police has ordered Senior Commissioner of Police William Wilber Katotyo to retire from Police force after serving past the mandatory retirement age of 60 years.
According to a letter signed by Edward Mugume on behalf of the Inspector General of Police dated 14th November 2016, Katotyo was reminded of the earlier communication that required him to resign which he ignored forcing a new directive to him to return all government property in his possession to his immediate supervisor in accordance with the law.
Highly placed sources say, Katotyo’s fears for retirement emanate from panic of being investigated for his role in fraudulent tendencies especially those including pension, ministry of finance, Redcross and Bank of Uganda.
Force into retirement?
When contacted by this news site, Police spokesman Andrew Felix Kaweesi acknowledged the senior officer was now retired although he denied that Katotyo had been kicked out of the police.
“He was not sacked at all, he reached mandatory age of retirement which is 60,” Mr Kaweesi said adding that “Why should we force someone who has reached the mandatory age”.
“If you have your sources, you can quote them but he was not sacked, he simply reached the mandatory retirement age,” said Kaweesi.
However, theUgandan investigation found out that he is still occupying the same office illegally under the watch of his boss CID director Grace Akullo.
The Ugandan understands that Katotyo has been behind missing files which are supposed to be kept to the confidential registry.
Our sources further reveal that Katotyo has a pending arrest warrant issued by the Makindye court which is alleged to be the mother of all his fears to retire so that he does not lose police immunity.
Katotyo has been at helm of high profile cases and hiding sanctioned files since 2003. He was sued by Kagwa and Company advocates over extortion, warrant of arrest was issued by high court to have him produced in court but efforts to implement court orders have proved futile since he is still serving as Senior Commissioner at CIID headquarters and as Deputy Director in charge of Economic and Anti-corruption Frauds.
A source in police says that Kotokyo has amassed a lot wealth from his dirty deals adding that he owns over 40 taxis and two buildings in Kampala city.
