Tag Archives: assault

Women are raped, patients and others say. But accusers frequently aren’t believed, and justice is rare Kampala, Uganda | APOPHIA AGIRESAASI | The first time CJ was hospitalised for bipolar disorder, she alleges, a staff member who worked in security raped her one evening. She had been admitted at Butabika …

Kampala, Uganda | THE IDEPENDENT | The President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Eng Patrick Oboi Amuriat has apologized to journalists who were assaulted by members at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi. On Thursday, the journalists were invited to attend a press briefing by the party National Chairman Wasswa …

Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dan Malinga, the Bukedea Town Council LC V councilor has been charged with simple robbery and assault of David Stephen Omagor, a former aspirant in the Bukedea by-election. On June 6, 2023, Malinga, also known as Wenger, along with several others still at large, allegedly …

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are holding Saul Ssimbwa, the Deputy Buvuma District Internal Security Officer-ISO for assaulting Henry Nsubuga, the New Vision correspondent for Greater Mukono. Nsubuga had gone for an interview at the Resident District Commissioner’s office on Thursday morning when Ssimbwa assaulted him. According to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-five-year-old house help Alice Kiiza is on remand in Luzira Prison on charges of aggravated defilement involving a four-year-old child. She appeared Wednesday before High Court Judge Isaac Muwata, where she pleaded not guilty to the charges read for her. According to the court …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officers at Walukuba police station are under fire for allegedly assaulting 25-year-old Denis Kitamirike, a resident of Masese 3 cell in Jinja City Southern division to death. Kitamirike, who was admitted to the emergency unit of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital on Friday night succumbed to …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grade One Magistrates court sitting in Kanungu district has fined Nelson Kagote Twinamatsiko, the manager of Kanungu FM shillings 200,000 after pleading guilty to assaulting Anita Tumuramye, a female radio presenter. The incident occurred on January 26th, 2023 at the radio premises. The …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The manager of Kanungu FM, Nelson Kagote Twinamatsiko, who was filmed assaulting a female presenter Anita Tumuramye, has been charged and remanded to Kanungu government prison. The incident occurred on the evening of January 26th, 2023, at the radio premises. The radio belongs to Dr. …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nelson Kagote Twinamatsiko, the manager of Kanungu FM who was filmed assaulting a female presenter, Anita Tumuramye has finally been arrested. Twinamatsiko is said to have assaulted Tumuramye at the radio premises on January 26, 2023. He was picked up on Wednesday after a case …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Anita Tumuramye, a female presenter at the district based, Kanungu FM, has dragged her manager, Nelson Kagote Twinamatsiko to the police for assault. She claims that Twinamatsiko assaulted her when she demanded her commission on an advert of a school she brought for the radio …