The Uganda Police Force has released the Annual Crime and Traffic/Road Safety Report for 2020. This report follows the 2019 crime report detailing the crime trend, patterns, and ratios of crime/population taking into account the contemporary challenges and efforts by the Uganda Police Force to reduce crime generally towards a safe and crime-free society According…
Uganda Police are investigating circumstances where a number of yet to be known thugs broke into the ancestral home of the Late Archbishop of Kampala Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga. According to Luke Owoyesigyire the Kampala Metropolitan deputy spokesperson, the incident took place on Friday, April 16, 2020, around at 1 am. “The territorial Police of…
Buganda Road court has granted Kawempe North MP-elect, Muhammad Ssegirinya alias Mr. Update a Shs3m cash bail. Ssegirinya appeared in court through video conferencing and his sureties have each been bonded Shs50m, not cash and ordered to leave the original copies of their national IDs in court. Ssegirinya was arrested on March 22 for allegedly…
Masaka High Court has dismissed a case against Lwemiyaga County legislator Hon. Theodore Ssekikubo where he had been accused of inciting violence. Prosecution alleged that the legislator led herdsmen on January 3, 2020 to take cattle to Lwemiyaga Market which had been reportedly closed following the outbreak of foot- and -mouth disease in the area.…
Akandida Joshua a senior six student at Seeta High School has gone missing days before sitting for the Uganda Advanced Certificate Examinations (UACE) exams. Akandinda was returning to school from home on April 6th 2021 but never made it to school. Relatives say he has not been spotted in school and has neither phoned them-…
Police have arrested six people suspected to have taken part in the robbery of a Chinese national at his home in Kyambogo after disguising as National Water and Sewerage Corporation workers and stole an estimated UGX 100M. The three people who were captured on CCTV camera donning in NWSC overalls and helmets are currently in…
Criminals who participate in human sacrifice will face the death penalty if a new law aimed at preventing the offence is passed by Parliament. The Prevention and Prohibition of Human sacrifice Bill, 2020 proposes that persons who mutilate or cause death of another person for the purpose of performing or furthering a ritual, commits an…
Persons involved in human sacrifice will face the death penalty if a new law aimed at preventing the offence is passed by Parliament. The Prevention and Prohibition of Human sacrifice Bill, 2020 proposes that persons who mutilate or cause the death of another person for the purpose of performing or furthering a ritual commits an…
Police in Rukiga district has arrested and detained a renown Church Minister over allegations of engaging in homosexual acts. The Police have since confirmed the arrest of Mr Enock Nkurunungi, a Fathers’ Union leader at Butare. The Church of Uganda Father’s Union leader was allegedly arrested as he lured a male youth into the devilish…
Fired has guts Joint Medical Stores warehouse in Kampala’s Industrial Area. The fire, whose cause has not been readily established, sent a big dark smoke on the sky, destroying drugs and structures. Firefighters worked tirelessly to put out the fire to save the entire infrastructure from going up in flames. The private pharmaceutical store serving…
