Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jude Mugisha who has been posing as a professor from Makerere University has been arrested over numerous car thefts. Flying Squad Commandant, Assistant Commissioner of Police-ACP Andrew Kaggwa, a few days ago assigned a team to hunt for the “professor” after receiving close to 20 …
Read More »Flying squad arrest 8 more suspected street robbers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Flying Squad Unit has arrested 8 more suspects in connection to the recent street mugging and robberies. This brings to 21, the number of suspects arrested in connection to the incidents that were captured on the security Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) system. Led by …
Read More »IGP Ochola disbands Flying Squad Unit once more
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has dissolved the Flying Squad which has been serving as the police force’s violent crime crack unit. The communication was sent through a radio message to all operatives indicating that Flying Squad had been disbanded, and it’s no …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Maize worm worries
Fall armyworms are back, but government’s help isn’t Kampala, Uganda | Andrew S. Kaggwa | The rains are back but so is the dreaded fall armyworm. This time it is attacking maize at a much younger stage – meaning it will be more costly for the farmers than last season. …
Read More »COVER STORY: Will Kabaka fire Mayiga?
ANALYSIS: Anger, anxiety, unease over Buganda monarch’s fights over land Kampala, Uganda| Andrew S. Kaggwa | Buganda kingdom Prime Minister, Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga could be punished with a sacking over court cases over land involving his boss, Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Muwenda II. At least that is what some of …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Why is Catholic Church losing followers?
Figures from the 2014 National Population and Housing Census show that, in the last 10 years, the percentage of Ugandan identifying as Catholics has declined from 41.6% in 2002 to 39.3% of the general population. In the 1991 census, however, the number identifying as Catholic was estimated to be between …
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