“We found her lying in a pool of blood. She was unconscious, so we rushed her to the hospital where she received medical attention,” Cissy said. Husband Arrested as UPDF Probes Soldier’s Arson Death A former Bank of Uganda employee, Ruth Nambalirwa, narrowly survived death after being brutally attacked by her domestic worker in Njeru […]
Police in Njeru Municipality are holding three event organizers of the three-day Vumbula Uganda event for failure to pay the service providers. Hellen Butoto, the Ssezibwa Region Police Commander has confirmed the arrest of three event organizers of Vumbula Uganda. Butoto has however declined to name the suspects who are currently detained at Njeru Police […]
Police in Ssezibwa region have confirmed the death of two people involved in yesterday’s accident along the Jinja-Kampala highway. It is alleged that the driver of a loaded box body truck bearing registration number; UBH 059F driving from Kampala direction to Jinja rammed into commuter vehicles, leading to dozens of casualties. The accident occurred at Kaganda in […]
Five people have drowned on Lake Victoria after the boat they were traveling in capsized. The victims reportedly boarded an overloaded boat from Kirongo landing site in Buvuma district heading to Kiyindi landing site in Buikwe district on Thursday. They have been identified as Kabenge, the boat operator, Karisimati (a butcher at Kirongo trading center), […]
The police officers attached to Kitigoma Police Post in Njeru Municipality, Buikwe district are in panic following the death of a suspect in custody. Hellen Butoto, the Ssezibwa Region Police spokesperson says on January 9, 2024 at around 5:00pm, police officers from Kitigoma Police Post were called to save a mob justice suspect who was […]
The Police in Buikwe district are investigating circumstances under which a local musician was beaten and burnt to death by the mob in Lugazi Municipality. Hellen Butoto, the Ssezibwa Region Police spokesperson identified the deceased as Patrick Okello Okech whose stage name in the music industry has been Smokie Rise. Butoto says Smokie Rise was […]
Police have confirmed nine people who died in a fatal accident that occurred on Kampala-Jinja Highway on Tuesday night. Hellen Butoto, the Ssezibwa Region Police Spokesperson says the fatal accident occurred at around 01:00am on January 3, 2024 at Bulyanteete along Kampala-Jinja highway in Lugazi Municipality, Buikwe district. Butoto says the accident involved a […]
Abantu bataano ababadde basaabalira mu lyato ku nnyanja Nalubaale mu bizinga by’e Buvuma nga bava ku kabaga ak’okwekulisa okuyita mu mwaka n’okwewonga olw’omwaka omupya bagudde mu nnyanja ne bafa. Okusinziira ku mwogezi wa poliisi mu ttundutundu lya Ssezibwa, Hellen Butoto, 14 kw’abo bannyuluddwa mu nnyanja ne baddusibwa mu ddwaliro ly’e Bugaya gye bali mu kufuna […]
Five people have been confirmed to have died in a boat accident which occurred while coming from a witch doctor in Buvuma Islands. Bugaya sub-county chairperson, Jodolo Sserwanja says the accident happened on Monday evening while clients to one of the witch doctors at Zigunga Island in Bugaya sub-county were retiring from a day-long party […]
The territorial police in Ssezibwa region and Njeru division, has in custody, 6 suspects who form part of a gang that has been terrorising poultry farmers, stealing their chicken in parts of Njeru Municipality, Buikwe district and Mukono district. The Ssezibwa Region Police spokesperson, Hellen Butoto identified the six suspects as; Lubega Muzafaru (24) from […]