At least 98 Congolese police officers and their families who fled to Uganda have returned to their country. They fled to the Ugandan side of Ishasha in Kanungu district on August 3, after the town of Nyamilima in Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province fell in the hands of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels. After the […]
The Police have registered a success after arresting five suspected panga-welding thugs who are among the big gang that has recently put Mukono on tension. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson has identified the suspects as Ronald Matuwa, a resident of Nsambya in Kampala, Michael Ssekiggo, Munguchi, Piriyo and Romans Wanane. Owoyesigyire says […]
With about 15.8 million Ugandan National IDs set to expire between August 2024 to December 2025, the Government has decided to extend the validity of all these cards by one year. Gen. David Muhoozi, Minister of State for Internal Affairs told Parliament’s Committee of Defense today that the body responsible for registrations and IDs National Identification […]
By the close of Wednesday August 14, 2024, day five after the Kiteezi tragedy, the Police confirmed the death toll to have risen to 30. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, this follows the six bodies which were retrieved on Wednesday. Regarding the communication from the Office of the Prime Minitser issued on Wednesday, they […]
The death toll of the garbage dump landslide in Kampala city’s Kawempe Division, central Uganda, has climbed to 21, said Lillian Aber, the minister of state for relief, disaster preparedness and refugees, on Sunday. She told Xinhua over the phone that a total of 21 bodies have been retrieved and taken to City Mortuary Mulago […]
Twelve people have been confirmed dead and 10 retrieved alive from the Lusanja-Kiteezi landfill slide. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango has said that by 5:00pm on Saturday they had recovered 12 dead bodies and 10 people who are alive. Onyango says that they are still going on with the search and no place will […]
Police have started investigations into the possible cause of death for a prisoner who collapsed and died at Hoima Government Prison. The deceased has been identified as Stephen Mbabazi (38), a resident of Bujumbura East in Hoima City. Mbabazi who was on remand on charges of murder collapsed and died on Thursday at 9:00am. Mbabazi […]
Police in Mukono District are hunting for a gang of panga welding thugs who have terrorized different parts of Mukono Municipality cutting people and robbing them of their property. The affected cells include; Jjoggo, Buddugala and Nyenje in Goma Division, Upper Kauga and Lower Kauga in Mukono Central Division. David Ssemwogerere, the Upper Kauga Cell […]
Fear gripped residents of Upper Kauga Cell in Mukono Central Division, Mukono Municipality following the gruesome murder of a private security guard from the rented apartments belonging to the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Stephen Samuel Kazimba Mugalu. The deceased has been identified as Patrick Okware (35) who has been attached to Marvel Security […]
It’s a grieving moment following the killing of at least 37 civilians and injuring of 212 in an explosion at a popular Lido Beach restaurant in the Somali capital late on Friday. Somalia’s government has blamed the attack on the Al Shabaab, a militant Islamist group. Ali Haji told a press conference that 11 of […]