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KCCA Fires 4 Police Officers For Shooting Nalya Student In The Mouth
Four police constables attached to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have been suspended for shooting and injuring a student during an operation against street vendors. Loenah Rachael Nankya, 14, a student Naalya SS Lugazi was hit with a rubber bullet in the mouth, making her lose at least three teeth. At around 1 pm on…
Breaking! Juventus Centre-Back Daniele Rugani Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Juventus have announced that 25-year-old defender Daniele Rugani has tested positive for coronavirus. “The footballer Daniele Rugani has tested positive for Coronavirus-COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic,” the Italian club said in a short statement published on Wednesday night. “Juventus Football Club is currently activating all the isolation procedures required by law, including the census of those who have had…
CMI Arrests Senior Police Officer For Defrauding Over Shs 200m From City Businessman
Simon Nkonge, the Commandant of the Cyber Unit at Kampala Central Police Station is in trouble for allegedly of extorting $ 60,000 (about Shs222 million) from a city businessman. Nkonge was arrested on Wednesday morning by operatives from the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) shortly after receiving the money from, one Vincent Luyinda. He was…
MPs Roast Min.Bahati To Refund Shs 2Bn Sent ‘In Error’ To Stranded Students In China Over Coronavirus
Legislators have warned government to resist the temptation of using the plight of Ugandan students quarantined in Wuhan, China over Corona Virus, to defraud tax payers. The concern was raised by Ayivu County MP, Bernard Atiku, who claimed that the Ministry of Finance had sent up to $600,000 to Uganda’s Embassy over and above the…
EC Squeezes Gen.Tumukunde To Carry Out Presidential Consultations
The Electoral Commission (EC) has allowed former minister for security Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Henry Tumukunde to carry out consultations for his presidential bid. In a March 4th letter signed by EC Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama, Gen. Tumukunde has been advised to go and do town hall consultations and meetings with his supporters with out doing…
Breaking! City Tycoon ‘Ben Kavuya’ Survives Assassination As Robbers Are Arrested Trying To Enter His House
The Directorate of Crime Intelligence has conducted an intelligence led operation that culminated into arrest of four suspects who had gone for Robbery at City businessman Ben Kavuya’s residence in Mbuya, a Kampala surbub. TheCapitaltimes has learnt that the arrest followed a tip off to police by a family member after suspecting an attack in…
Trouble As Tycoon Hamis Kiggundu Drags Diamond Trust Bank To Court For Stealing Over Shs 100bn From Account
Guys, if you find Directors and Managers of Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) in hiding, don’t ask why, trouble is looming. A disgruntled client, City Businessman and owner of Ham Enterprises Limited Tycoon Hamis Kiggundu has dragged (DTB) to the Uganda Commercial Court after the bank illegally and fraudulently debited over 100 billion UGX from its…
Kagame Slaps 7 Charges Against Two FDLR Rebel Commanders
A prosecutor at the High Court Chamber for International Crimes, in Nyanza, on Tuesday, March 10, outlined seven charges during the opening of the substantive hearing in the case of two top commanders of the FDLR militia. The two are the former FDLR spokesperson Ignace Nkaka, best known as La Forge Fils Bazeye, and Lt…
Police Summon KCCA Officers Over Shooting Female Student
Uganda Police have summoned KCCA law enforcement officers to explain circumstances under which a senior six student was shot during an operation against street vendors in Kampala city on Tuesday, March 10. Rachel Nankya, a student of Lugazi Mixed SSS, her mother and another man only identified as Jimmy were seriously injured during the shooting…
Senior Six Student Shot In The Mouth In Operation Against City Vendors
A senior six student was on Tuesday shot in the mouth by police as they dispersed rowdy vendors and hawkers at Kajja next to the Old Taxi Park. Ms Lowena Nankya, a student of Lugazi Mixed School, was on her way to school in the company of her mother who also sustained a broken arm…