Tag Archives: arson

Apaa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fourteen huts were on Easter Sunday night set ablaze by arsonists in Goro B Village in Apaa Township bordering Amuru and Adjumani districts. Local leaders say that the arsonists used petrol to wreak havoc in the area in the early hours of Monday morning and …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru police are investigating possible arson at Elegu market in Elegu town council. This follows a mysterious fire that razed down makeshift structures at the busy market on the Uganda-South Sudan border on Wednesday morning. The incident comes just a year after a devastating fire …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Soroti Grade One Magistrates Court has remanded three students of Halcyon High School for allegedly smoking opium and attempted arson. The students are Moses Esayu, 18, Emmanuel Kenyi, 19, and Emmanuel Echodu, 18. They were arrested on February 24 after a fire gutted a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police director for fire and rescue services Assistant Inspector General of Police, Joseph Mugisa, has disclosed that majority of the recent school fires were deliberate. This means that the deaths of the five children and the destruction of property were as a result of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court of Appeal in Kampala has acquitted Simon Rwakasama, a resident of Nsanga village in Nakasongola district, of arson after appealing twice against his conviction and sentence. Rwakasama was arrested and charged with the offence of arson contrary to section 327 (a) of the Penal …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of traders in Arivu market in Arua district are counting losses following a suspected arson attack on Tuesday night. The unidentified arsonists torched a four-roomed store where the traders have been keeping their merchandise. The fire destroyed several items including sewing machines, sacks of …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four family members in Nyaburiza village, Nyarutuntu sub-county, Ntungamo district perished in an arson attack on Monday morning. The dead are the family head, Obed Akampurira, 34, Innocent Ainamatsiko, 9, Patricia Ainembabazi, 7, and Peterson Aijuka, 18 months. Akampurira’s wife, Olivia Birungi is nursing burns …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two children have died in a house fire suspected to be an act of arson in Nalumunye, Kasenge, Wakiso district. Police has identified the deceased as Hussein Lubega, 13 years, and Ali Kabanda, 17 years old who died in a fire that caught one of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preliminary police findings into the fire that gutted a dormitory at King’s College Budo points to possible arson. On Tuesday morning, fire gutted Grace House, one of the girls’ dormitories at King’s College Budo, destroying student’s property worth millions of Shillings. The fire is said to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The investigations into the fire that gutted Makerere University’s iconic main building–Ivory Tower has ruled out a possibility of arson. The Ivory Tower caught fire in the wee hours of September 20, 2020, destroying the historical building valued at 15 billion Shillings and several vital …