By Steven Candia
FOUR Britons, among them a woman, have been
arrested over a stolen Uganda flag from Sheraton Kampala Hotel.
The four
were reportedly arrested at 4:00am on Thursday.
It is not clear at what
stage they were nabbed or from which part of the hotel the flag, one of the most
treasured national symbols, was stolen.
Kampala Police chief Benson Oyo
Nyeko confirmed the arrest but declined to disclose the identity of the
suspects.
�They will appear in court tomorrow (today) on the charges of
theft,� Nyeko said.
Upon their arrest, the four where taken to Kampala
Central Police Station where they were held for a greater part of the day as
detectives interrogated them before releasing them on Police bond.
The
flag that comprises six equal horizontal bands of black (from top), yellow, red,
black, yellow and red, has a white disk superimposed at the centre with a a red
crested crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side.
The flag was
adopted on October 9, 1962, on the day Uganda attained her independence.
Ends
Published on: Monday, 7th June, 2004
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