Police in Kampala have arrested 14 people who were resisting the take over of the properties by Uganda Muslim Supreme Council. Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson Patrick Onyango revealed that the arrested suspects have been detained in various police stations within Kampala city divisions. “They will be charged with various offences but not limited to obstruction,…
The IGP has dispatched a task team jointly headed by Director Operations, AIGP Edward Ochom, and the Director Traffic and Road Safety, to thoroughly investigate circumstances under which Walugembe Hussein, committed suicide at Masaka Police Station. This was after several failed attempts to reclaim his motorcycles, Bajaj Boxer, red in colour, reg. no. UDL 591R…
One person has been shot dead in an illegal eviction at Kyampa Zone, Makindye, Kampala. This comes, after the police responded and stopped an illegal eviction that was conducted at around 9pm. Earlier, an eyewitness said a group of people armed with clubs, hammers and machetes raided a residence in the same area and started…
Two Police Officers with a suspect have died in an accident this morning at Magamaga Trading Center along Iganga – Jinja Highway. The accident involved motor vehicle registration number UBF 837K Toyota /premio silver in colour being driven by yet to be identified man had a head on collision with a trailer Reg No.KCQ 638C…
The Netherlands Embassy through the Refugee Law project has donated an assortment of transport equipment worth 70000 US dollars to Panyadoli Refugee Police Station, Kiryandongo district. H.E Henk Jan Bakker, the Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda handed over the items to AIGP Asan Kasingye at Police headquarters Naguru. They included a double cabin pickup and four…
Joint Uganda security teams have traced and arrested one of the motorcyclists (a boda boda rider), who was captured on CCTV cameras, in attacks against government vehicles. According to Kampala metropolitan spokesperson Patrick Onyango revealed that the yet to be identified suspect was arrested in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso district, on Sunday evening with the help…
Makindye West Member of Parliament, Allan Ssewanyana was arrested earlier this morning allegedly on counts of inciting violence in Munyonyo. The Legislator was found by police protesting with other locals against the demolition of their market, Kyengeza. “Don’t sit back as police demolishes your structures. And moreover they are acting in a way that we…
Three members of the same family died and another critically injured in a motor accident along Kabale-Kisoro road in Kisoro district on Friday evening. The horrible incident happened in the evening hours of Friday Evening June, 27, 20202 at Kagano village in Kanaba sub-county at around 6 pm when a TOYOTA Hilux Double Cabin registration…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martin Okoth Ochola has transferred forty-five police officers, including high-ranking commanders like Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Christopher Barugahare, a former Regional Police Commander (RPC) for West Nile region, who is now a deputy commandant of the Professional Standard Unit (PSU). He will be replaced by SSP Richard Okullu,…
The High Court in Kampala has awarded 95 million Shillings to 19 former inmates who were arrested for flouting regulations on COVID-19 for being denied access to their lawyers. The said group was picked from one house in Kyengera Town Council, in Wakiso District, and held at Nkonkonjeru Police Post at the end of March…
