The Police and Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have so far arrested 29 people suspected of having orchestrated the lynching of five people, who allegedly killed two Bodaboda riders last week. Sande Ssemanda and Richard Mawanda were hacked to death and their motorcycles were robbed at Kakoola village, Katoogo Parish, Nama sub-county, in Mukono district. […]
Eight Police officers attached to Kira-Police Division in Kira Municipality Wakiso District have been arrested for reportedly stealing sh60m that had been posted as an exhibit. Addressing Journalists at Police Headquarters Naguru, Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga said that out of sh192m that was stolen from Shatrah Namata, an employee of a hardware shop in Lungujja, […]
Six suspects are in custody at the Kikuube Central Police Station following the brutal murder of a 10-year-old boy. The suspects have been identified as; Dickson Ainebyona, Juliet Sanyu, Emmanuel Ampire, Lucky Nabasa, Jenepher Atuhura and Gloria Kawala, all residents of Kidooma village in Kizirafumbi sub-county, Kikuube district. They are suspected to have connived and […]
A Rwandan national in his 30s has been arrested after he was found vandalizing and plucking off a street solar panel along Jackson road in Kabale Central Division, Kabale municipality. Alphonse Shirmak, currently being held at Kabale Police Station, was found on Wednesday morning at around 5:00am vandalizing the solar street light panel near the […]
The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), in collaboration with Environmental Police, has halted a real estate company from degrading Nakiyanja wetland located at Sonde cell in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District. In a media release issued by NEMA on Tuesday April 9, 2024, authorities said that action has been taken to protect the critical ecosystem at […]
Thugs have robbed sh22.4m from an Indian national in Hoima City. The victim is Ganatra Kapil (32), a resident of Kiratete a suburb of Hoima city. The incident happened on Saturday around 7:30pm. It is alleged that Kapil left his home at around 7:00pm to go and look for supper. However, when he returned home, […]
The parents and students of St. Augustine Senior Secondary School in Nakifuma-Naggalama town council whose Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) results were withheld by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) over examination malpractice on Friday stormed the school demanding for an explanation. The parents together with their children stormed the director, Dr. Martin Bbuye in […]
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives has defended Permanent Secretary Geraldine Ssali in an altercation that reportedly happened between her and the ministry’s Legal Head, Sandra Karyn Anena last Friday. The Senior Human Resource, Victoria Nansikombi also dismissed allegations that the PS physically assaulted Anena during the incident. Anena has since reported the matter […]
Security authorities have recommended shooting on-site criminals found vandalizing solar street lights installed along streets in Kabale municipality. Authorities revealed the recommendation on Friday during the commissioning of a sh1.99bn solar street light project under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) program with funding from World Bank. The solar lights installed along the Stadium […]
Police are investigating reports that Trade Ministry Permanent Secretary, Geraldine Ssali assaulted the Ministry’s legal officer, Sandra Anena Karen last week. Anena has since dragged Ssali to Kampala Central Police Station for slapping her in the incident that reportedly occurred on April 5, 2024 at the third floor of the Ministry’s offices at Farmers’ House […]
