The Police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke has disclosed that the police force has stepped up operations geared at curbing the rising incidents of robberies and burglaries by organized criminal gangs in and around Kampala, and that by press time, eight leaders of such groups who have been top on the list of the force’s wanted criminals had been […]
Several gangsters commonly known as ‘kifeesi’ were on Tuesday arrested in a police operation mounted after residents of Ntaawo cell in Goma Division reported unrest resulting from death threats by the gangsters brought to the village by members of the family of the late Hamu Mukasa to allegedly guard their land from encroachers. According to […]
The Kassanda police fraternity is mourning the death of their colleague, Moses Aliguma, who was killed in a road accident on Monday evening at Nakiganda village, along the Mityana-Mubende road. Aliguma, who was riding a Bajaj Boxer motorcycle (UFP 815R), was struck by a Fuso Fighter milk tanker, which was trying to dodge a pothole. […]
The Police in conjunction with the UPDF, intelligence and local council vigilantes have arrested 18 suspected criminals who have been terrorizing Mukono and the surrounding areas. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan spokesperson says the suspects’ arrest followed a successful joint operation which was conducted on Monday, November 25, 2024, between 11:00pm and 4:00am in Kubbiri, […]
They asked him to surrender money, a mobile phone and any other valuables, and when he declared that he had left everything at home before going to the mosque, they hit him with a paver and killed him. A 21-year old student of Victoria University identified as Abdallah Ali Muhammad died instantly after being hit on the […]
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) have secured sh50bn for the construction of accommodation facilities for soldiers. The Commander of Fourth Division Barracks Brigadier General Felix Busizoori noted that the fund was secured through the Ministry of Defense to improve the welfare of soldiers and their living conditions within the Barracks. Busizoori explained that the […]
Two people have been arrested in connection to the death of the acting Health Officer for Arua District Paul Bishop Drileba. The suspects whose names have not been divulged for security reasons were picked up on Saturday night by a team of security officials led by the Arua Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Swaib Toko Paul […]
Miracle Life Arena, a Pentecostal Church in Nwoya district has been shut down following reports that its members were sabotaging the nationwide immunization campaign, “The Big Catch Up. Last week, the Ministry of Health launched the immunization campaign which aims to ensure children under five years old receive any missed vaccinations from the past three to […]
Fear has shocked the technical staff in Arua City after learning about the brutal killing of one of them, Dr. Paul Drilaba, the District Health Officer (DHO). According to police, the tragic incident occurred on Saturday November 23, 2024 in Oyeku village, Ombokoro parish in Ajia sub-county. Dr. Drilaba (55), was attacked and killed while […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recalled Dickson Ogwang Okul, the Foreign Service Officer Grade II from his posting at the Ugandan Mission in South Sudan. Amb. Ogwang has been recalled back to the Ministry’s Headquarters in Kampala with immediate effect. “You should therefore hand over office by Section F-d of the Uganda Public Service […]