The Chief Justice of Uganda Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny – Dollo has asked government to increase the budget for the Judiciary as well as security for judicial officers. Justice Owiny Dollo made the request while presenting the Judiciary Annual Performance Report for the Financial Year 2020/21 at the Judiciary Headquarters in Kampala on Tuesday where he…
In a bid to curb the escalating bomb threats in Uganda most especially in the capital Kampala, Uganda Police Force has issued an order to Makerere University Business School (MUBS) students against carrying bags in the institution. According to the statement dated 15th November 2021, students at the above institution with effect from tomorrow, Wednesday…
Parliament has called off today’s sitting and any other businesses at the house following multiple explosions in the city centre. Security personnel have cordoned off at least two areas in the heart of Kampala where two explosions happened this morning. One of them went off at Raja Chambers, along Parliament Avenue in Kampala, just a…
Police CCTV footage has emerged showing how a suicide blew himself in a bomb blast that hit the city center near the Central Police Station in Kampala and Parliament Avenue on Tuesday morning. The video which first leaked on social media shows a thin tall man carrying a heavy bag on his back who walked…
Uganda’s Capital, Kampala has on Tuesday been gripped with tension and panic following two suspected bomb blasts that went off at Kooki Towers opposite Central Police Station (CPS) and another one at Parliamentary Avenue, a few meters away from the Parliament Building. According to reports coming in, several have been injured in the explosion although police…
The President of the Republic of Uganda H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will on Friday 19, 2021 address the Nation on the current Covid-19 situation and related matters. According to the Senior Presidential press secretary Lindah Nabussayi Wamboka, the address at 8pm will be live on all Television and Radios. “President @KagutaMuseveni will on Friday 19,…
The Uganda Police has dismissed social media reports making rounds on the appointment of Maj Gen Jackson Bakasumba as the new Deputy Inspector General of Police (IGP). In a statement released via it’s socials on Sunday morning, Police clarified that the information circulating via social media and several publications is completely baseless and false as…
President Museveni who is the commander in chief of the forces has today retired some of his longtime Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) generals and other high ranking officers. The most senior by rank of those retired is Gen Elly Tumwime, Gen Katumba Wamala, Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Rwashande among others. However, former Inspector General of…
Renowned security analyst Fred Egesa has described as a mere gamble, the composite photos of wanted suspects often released by police. The response comes a few days after police spokesperson Fred Enanga, released composite photos of two men who allegedly planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which exploded in Komamboga, a suburb of Kampala, leaving…
The Somali government has accused the African Union Deputy envoy Simon Mulongo of engaging in activities incompatible with the mandate of AMISOM-The African Mission in Somalia and Somalia’s security strategy. A statement issued today by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation indicated that Mulongo, the Deputy Special Representative of the African Union has…
