Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) offices have been broken into and vandalized for a second time in three years. In the latest attack on Monday night, at least four computers and printers were allegedly stolen from the offices of the party’s Secretary General and Electoral Commission in Najjanankumbi. Some of the desks that were broken…
The police in Kitgum are holding two of their own over illegal sale of live bullets. The suspects are; SPC Beatrice Akello attached to Kitgum Matidi Police Post and James Canrac (Bus Park Police Post). Sources say the pair was arrested at the weekend following a tip-off from the locals. Kitgum Resident District Commissioner William…
Uganda Police Force in Mbale district is investigating circumstances where several people were almost left lifeless during a fire outbreak at an alcohol processing plant in Wangagai Cell, Nkoma Division in Mbale Municipality. It is alleged that some employees sustained severe injuries and were rushed to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital following a fire outbreak at…
Ugandan businessman identified as Andrew Leju, who is a business associate of popular events promoter Balaam Barugahara, was on Monday afternoon allegedly kidnapped by gunmen in Juba, South Sudan. Sources reveal that Leju was picked up by gunmen on Saturday night and taken to an unknown destination. All his mobile phones have since been switched…
The police are hunting down unknown assailants who gunned down an engineer with MBW at 9pm Friday night. Well-placed sources say the incident in which Daniel Nguudo was killed happened at Namwendwa, southern division in Kamuli Municipality when unknown men riding on motorcycle hijacked his car, registration number UBD 653Q, confiscated his phone before shooting…
The police and sister security agencies has conducted a total of 11, separate but well conducted raids targeting stolen items within the Kampala Metropolitan area. The raids covered 184 shops and yards that were selling suspected stolen items. 230 arrests and several recoveries were made. The operations were based on intelligence, following several thefts from…
Police in Kampala are hunting for NBS TV Uncut presenter Zahara Toto’s Dinka boyfriend King Solomon Muleesi AKA Big Papa for issuing a bounced cheque of ten million shillings. Big Papa a self proclaimed Tycoon has been going around night clubs and other posh places around Kampala splashing dollars as if is a son of…
City businessman Desh Kananura’s marriage is soon hitting the dead end after being accused of allegedly turning his wife Sheila Taratibu into a punching bag of sorts, because he clobbers her whenever and wherever he feels like. The shocking revelation was made by Desh’s brother-in-law Emmy Kwizera Taratibu, who assured him to stop brutalising his…
Richard Okello who was teaching at Seeta Junior School, in Mukono district, owned by the Minister for Higher Education Dr Chrysostom Muyingo has been missing for nine days now, after being abducted from the school’s teachers quarters on November 6, 2018 minister Muyingo’s bodyguard. According to his lawyers of Alliance Advocates, Okello was allegedly arrested…
Soldiers attached to Fisheries Department on Sunday shot and killed two people as well as injuring 14 others. The soldiers, according to the report, fired live bullets while chasing fishmongers in Tooro Semliki game reserve. Police Spokesperson for Rwenzori West region, Lydia Tumushabe, told Daily Monitor one person was shot in the head while another…
