Four members of a city comedy group, ‘Bizonto’ have been rearrested by police on Thursday morning . The comedians whose real names are; Julius Sserwanja, Simon Peter Ssabakaki, Merceli Mbabali, and Gold Kimatono were apprehended from Radio Simba building in Bukoto after their morning show. Criminal Investigations Department ‘CID’ spokesperson Charles Twine revealed that the…
Lt. Col. Nyakaisiki Carol Basalisa, who is involved in a bitter property wrangle with her relatives, has landed in hot soup after it emerged that she is using her positon as a Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) officer to intimate and take advantage of the people she is supposed to help. Controversy arose about how…
External Security Organisation (ESO) and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) have joined the probe of local singer, Ameria Nambala, who was found in possession of 48 passports whose owners cannot be traced. The artist was arrested from Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on Friday by plain-clothed security personnel from the Special Forces Command and Internal…
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has directed the accounting officer in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to present performance and accountability reports regarding the funding of a UNDP supported project. The committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nandala Mafabi was meeting Under-Secretary Lynette Bagonza on Thursday over queries on the Peace and Security for…
Detectives from criminal investigations Department ‘CID’ at Kibuli have raided one of the posh houses in Munyonyo, a leafy Kampala suburb and arrested con men. The suspects have been identified as; Dorcus Chibasi, Samson Onyango Wesonga a Kenyan national; Godfrey Kadimba, a security guard at Rangers Security Limited,Manda Mpoyi Rajiv a Congolese national; Immaculate Nsimire…
Justice Jane Frances Abodo, the Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn terrorism charges against eleven people who were accused of killing Major Muhammad Kiggundu in 2017. The suspects are Abdulaziz Abdushakur Musoke, Sulaiman Wayaba alias Bashir Lukenge, Bashir Nyangisho alias Abdallah Katata Byansi alias Abdallah Katata, Sulait Majid Lukwago and Fikil Yusuf Alqaeda Abasi. Others…
Police at Entebbe are investigating a case of aggravated robbery and murder of one Nambi Bogiya, 30, a mobile money operator at Nalugala. The heinous act happened on Wednesday night at around 9pm few metres from her rented house in Nalugala Katabi town council . According to Deputy Kampala metropolitan Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire revealed…
Police and Military in an intelligence-led joint operation have arrested more sixty deadly suspects who have been terrorising Kampala city dwellers. The operation was in Kakajjo Zone in Kisenyi II Parish, Kampala Central Division, Kampala Capital City. According to deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Luke Oweyesigyire revealed that total of 60 suspects were arrested and…
Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo Luca Attanasio and two other people were killed on Monday in an attack on a United Nations convoy in eastern Congo, Italy’s foreign ministry and park authorities said. The convoy was attacked at around 10:15 a.m. (0815 GMT)during an attempted kidnap by assailants near the town of…
Top Rwanda opposition activist Seif Bamporiki has been shot dead in Cape Town. He was a member of the Rwanda National Congress and national organiser in South Africa. It’s alleged that the businessman, who sold beds, was called for a delivery in Nyanga on Sunday and when he arrived, a gunman fired a shot through…
