A 25-year-old businesswoman has been remanded to Luzira prison for obtaining money by false pretense from desperate job seekers. Gonhill Nakaweesa a resident of Zana, Makindye Sabagabo in Wakiso district on Thursday appeared before Buganda Road Grade One magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis.Prosecution told court that between November 2019 and December 2019 at Namaganda Plaza in…
The Territorial Police in East Kyoga has arrested two of its officers on allegations of gross misconduct and excessive use of force that caused physical harm while dispersing off Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) supporters in Soroti Municipality. According to Uganda Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga, on January 20, 2020 at around 12:30pm, they received information…
Traffic flow along the Kampala-Jinja road has been paralysed after a huge tree fell in the middle of the road in Banda. The eucalyptus tree fell on the road at around 12 pm. Motorists were stuck for several hours along the busy road stretching from Kyambogo all the way to Kireka. The tree hit one…
The body of a Ugandan national, Teojen Ndagijimana recently shot dead last week by Rwandan security operatives has been brought back into the country. Ndagijimana, 25, a resident of Kabingo village, Murora sub-county in Kisoro district was shot dead on Saturday at Kumugu trading centre Musanze district in Rwanda, about three kilometres away from the…
A boda boda rider Paul Mugerwa has been arrested and detained at Kawempe police station over alleged illegal possession of a Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) chain commonly known as dog tag. Mugerwa, a resident of Kiganda Zone in Kawempe Division, Kampala was arrested by police officers deployed at Paniafrica Company Limited when they saw…
The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has summoned the Minister for Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa to explain to the house the growing tension between Uganda and Rwanda. Her summons come in the wake of reports that three Ugandans were shot and killed in Rwanda over the weekend plus the ongoing arrests of some…
A man who pretended to be his wife on the phone in order to try and hoodwink insurers into paying out on a £1 million life insurance policy after faking his own death has been jailed. Syed Bukhari, 39, initially used his spouse’s name in an email to the company claiming he’d suffered a fatal…
Kampala: Brian Bagyenda, a man accused of killing his 22-year old girlfriend, had a mental disorder and in great distress which required him to be in a mental facility, a witness told court yesterday. Sister Jane Frances Nantamu, a lecturer of psychology at the universities of Kisubi and Uganda Martyrs Fort Portal, told court that…
Uganda Police Force with sister Security operatives have arrested and detained a one Paul Mugerwa, for illegal possession of a Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF chain commonly known as dog tag. The suspect who is currently in custody at Kawempe police station is a resident of Kiganda Zone in Kawempe Division, Kampala District. According to police,…
The Uganda Police together with the Uganda Communications Commission and telecom operators have arrested and detained eight suspects over SIM boxing/ electronic fraud. According to a statement issued by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the operation conducted in Masanafu a Kampala suburb over the weekend let to the recovery of one (1) SIM box with 545…
