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Musician Fik Gaza Rearrested Over Wakiso Robbery Case

Popular Ugandan singer Shafiq Jjingo commonly known as Fik Gaza was re-arrested on Tuesday shortly after being granted bail by the Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court, where he had been facing robbery charges. The court had earlier released the artist on a cash

April 9, 2025

Crime

Security Guard Robs Indian Businessman UGX 8M at Gunpoint

A private guard from Accurate Security Company Limited is on the run after allegedly robbing Sh8 million from an Indian businessman he was guarding. The suspect has been identified as Amos Ecidu. He is wanted for robbing Indian businessman, Shintole Nisnant at gunpoint

July 17, 2022

Crime

Crime Intelligence Officer & Family Die In Nasty Road Accident

Cleopus Bwesigye, a crime intelligence officer from the Kampala Metropolitan South headquarters at Katwe has died in a road crash together with his wife and three children on the Masaka-Kampala highway. The traffic police spokesperson, Faridah Nampiima explains that Bwesigye was traveling

July 17, 2022

Crime·Health

Nakawa Accident: Transport Minister Undertakes To Enhance Safety At Railway Crossings

The Government Assurance and Implementation Committee has questioned the Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) over its failure to ensure safety at railway level crossings. This follows a gruesome accident in the wee hours of Sunday 10, July 2022 in which a locomotive rammed

July 14, 2022

Crime

Continued Detention Of Rwenzururu Guards Not Fair – MP Katusabe Voices Frustration

Bukonzo West Member of Parliament, Hon. Atkins Katusabe has voiced his frustrations over the continued incarceration of Rwenzururu guards, who were arrested in 2016 after clashes with security forces. Katusabe said he continues to get reports about the failing health of the

July 14, 2022

Crime·Uganda

MPs Call For Independent Probe Into US$150 Million ‘Scam’ ACDP Project

Lawmakers have called for a probe into the implementation of the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP), citing failure to meet the intended expectation and lack of value for money. The call follows an oversight visit by the MPs on the Committee on

July 14, 2022

Crime

UN Humanitarians Concerned About Killing Of Innocent Civilians In Eastern DRC

The killing of at least 31 people in less than a week in the eastern North Kivu and Ituri provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is raising deep concern, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday. During attacks on villages in

July 14, 2022

News

Two arrested For Assaulting Journalist in Mukono

Police have arrested two residents involved in beating up a journalist on Wednesday evening in Kiyanja village, Nakisunga sub county, Mukono district. It is reportedly said that Peter Byabasaijja, Denis Kiwanuka and others at large intercepted Ronald Kalumba, a correspondent for BBS

July 14, 2022

Crime·Politics

Court Orders Prisons Service To Physically Present MP Ssegirinya For Trial

The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has ordered the Uganda Prisons Services to produce Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya in court for his trial. The order was issued by Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu after a poor internet connection from Kigo

July 13, 2022

Crime·Security

Joint Security Probe 33 Roadblocks Erected By Men In Military Uniform

Joint security agencies are probing 33 roadblocks mounted by men donned in army attires on various roads across the country in the last two months orchestrating robberies. A number of people have reported incidents of robbery involving gunmen in army uniforms during

July 13, 2022

Crime

Sri Lankan President, PM Agree To Quit After Protesters Storm President’s Residence

Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister agreed to resign Saturday after the country’s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, with protesters storming both officials’ homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the nation’s severe economic

July 11, 2022

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