Fire has gutted Shuhadal Islamic Secondary School dormitory in Mbarara District, destroying property worth millions of money. The fire also injured a student, Suleiman Beigana who is currently admitted at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. The dormitory houses 202 students of Senior 2 and 3. Isaq Mugerwa Kafeero the headteacher, says the fire started at 4:30am […]
Police and the army on Monday afternoon fired live bullets and teargas to disperse a gathering at Lubigi swamp in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso district where the National Environment and Management Authority (NEMA) has been evicting residents since May 27, 2024. Police and the soldiers intervened to disperse the gathering shortly after the arrival of politicians […]
Police in Moroto district have recovered a gun belonging to the UPDF from a Karamojong warrior in Nadunget Town Council. The gun was recovered on Friday at around 9:00pm after police were notified by the Nachuka village chairperson who spotted a suspected warrior in the same village carrying a weapon. John Angella, the LC1 chairperson […]
When the RDC heard the minister mention calling Milly Babalanda, the minister in charge of the Office of the President, she started pleading. “Please let us sort this out as adults, don’t call my boss.” The Minister of State in the Office of the Vice President, Diana Mutasingwa on Wednesday evening faced off with the […]
Police in Kiboga district are holding a 42-year-old female witchdoctor on charges of alleged ritual murder of the 11-year-old girl. Wamala Region Police spokesperson, Rachael Kawala has identified the suspect as Madinah Nakyeyune, a resident of Kirurumba Cell in Kiboga Town Council and the deceased as Oliver Namanda, a pupil at Fairway Nursery and Primary […]
John Bosco Bakya, a private security guard from Security Group Africa (SGA), shot himself dead on Friday after losing a motorcycle he had been paid sh1,000 to protect. The incident occurred at a fuel station in Kinyarwanda cell, Nakawa Division, in Kampala. Bakya and his colleague, Siliwan Apeti, were approached by a man who requested […]
Uganda Police have come out to clear the air about the circulating social media CCTV video depicting a robbery incident that occurred at one of the roundabouts in Kampala during broad daylight. Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson has said that the circulating video occurred in 2022 at the Buganda Road Y-junction near […]
The Uganda Railways Corporation has assured its clients of maximum safety while traveling on their trains. This follows a public statement by one passenger, Xavier Oluk, last Friday about the quality of travel and the safety on the passenger trains between Kampala and Namanve. While approaching the Makerere University Business School-Nakawa stop, the locomotive is said […]
Police in Masindi are holding a 28-year-old Nelson Okecha, a resident of Nyakabaale village in Kibibira parish in Kiruli sub-county, Masindi district for allegedly killing his father. Police have identified the deceased as Mansi Omwoch (68), the Nyakabaale village chairperson. According to the police, on Saturday at around 1:30pm, Omwoch, organized a family meeting at […]
Police have arrested two men who are seen in a video torturing a suspect from a rooftop of one of the buildings in Kampala City Centre. Luke Owoyeaovyire, the deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson on Tuesday said that the suspects detained at Old Kampala Police are identified as Opanya Darius and Azabo Samuel. “The duo […]