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…
Residents of Kawempe, a Kampala suburb have arrested and handed over to police the Imam of Bilali Mosque in Bwaise for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl. Sheik Muhammad Abdullah Kefeero, 42, a resident of Nabukalu zone in Kawempe division, was arrested by the residents and taken to Kawempe police station after they allegedly found him…
A Ugandan national, resident of Kabingo Village Chahafi parish Murora Sub-county in Kisoro District was on Saturday night shot and killed at Kumugu Trading Centre, Musanze District in Rwanda, about three kilometres away from the Ugandan border. Mr Hadard Nkunzimana, the sub-county chairperson, identified the deceased as Teojen Ndagijimana, 26, who was shot together his…
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino will be charged with attempted murder, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti has said. This comes after the legislator allegedly shot and injured a DJ at a popular night club in Kilimani, Nairobi, in the early hours of Friday morning. “We will charge him with attempted murder. It…
Four more bodies have been recovered from the rubbles of the two-storied building that collapsed in Jinja town in eastern Uganda on Wednesday. The dead have been identified as Dennis Muhoofa aged 28, Saad Basalirwa, 18, and Joseph Isabirye while the identity of the fourth victim is yet to be established. The building located on…
Mukono general hospital has halted treating suspects brought in by Mukono police division over lack of facilitation. The division usually takes the suspects to the hospital for examination treatment and other related medical care services. However, the medical officers claim that the suspects spend long hours at the hospital on ’empty stomachs’ since they are…
Former Vice President of Uganda, Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe is in deep pain after losing her last born one John William Bomboka Kazibwe who drowned and died in a swimming pool in Nairobi, Kenya. Bomboka’s body landed Entebbe airport from Nairobi aboard Kenya airways KQ 416 at 7.50pm on friday. The young shining star had…
Kampala: The government of Uganda has suspended labour export company ‘Middle East Consultants’ license for allegedly flouting labour laws, extortion, forgery, and violating human rights. State House head of Anti-Corruption Unit Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema and the Director for Labour at the Gender, Labour and Social Development Ministry Hon. Martin Wandera, announced the suspension on…
