Police is to consider offering security for the different Buganda institutions for safety.

Kampala metropolitan commandant Andrew Felix Kaweesi says that the security of the Kabaka lies in the hands of the army but the police can come in if given the chance.

He however says that this will only be done in case the kingdom accepts it.

This comes after a mysterious fire gutted one of the kingdom’s guard rooms at Bulange Mengo this morning.

One person died on spot and four others were injured by the fire.

The injured include Captain Steven Mivule and one Sebuguzi who have been rushed to Mengo hospital.

The police have identified the dead person as a mentally ill woman who was earlier arrested as she tried to enter the kingdom premises.

Earlier, the police spokesman Kampala Metropolitan Ibin Ssenkumbi said investigations had begun and they had already taken samples from the scene of the fire.

He also reveals that some of the samples include petrol-like substances

Senkumbi now calls for clam as investigations continue.

This is the second fire this year on Buganda kingdom properties.

Earlier, another fire gutted a house at the kingdom’s coronation site at Naggalabi.