Tag Archives: CID

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two top officials from the Legal Directorate of Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF were in a meeting with senior police officers at the Criminal Investigations Directorate Headquarters in Kibuli to decide the fate of Presidential aspirant, Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde. They are Colonel Moses Wandera, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An analysis of police reports on motor vehicle thefts and robberies in the country shows that on average 700 cars are stolen or robbed in Kampala every year. This translates to two vehicles being stolen or robbed every day in Kampala. Statistics compiled by …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Criminal Investigations Department-CID needs more than 40 billion shillings to investigate sex-related and economic crimes. The CID director Grace Akullo has consistently cited insufficient budget as one of the major factors hampering daily operations of the directorate. According to the latest crime report, …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID has arrested a man for masquerading as an official from Isimba prisons farm in Masindi district and conning nine people Shillings 100 million. CID spokesperson Charles Twine identifies the suspect as Gerald Muntuyera alias Rogers Akugizibwe. According to Twine, the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  The Criminal Investigations Directorate–CID is investigating four National Resistance Movement –NRM politicians and the National Unity Platform –NUP to record statements on allegations of defying COVID-19 guidelines. The politicians include State Minister for Investment Evelyn Anite, Kyadondo East MP and presidential aspirant, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A review of Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID approach to violent crime shows 304 guns have been recovered from thugs over the last two years. 167 guns were recovered in 2018 while 137 others were recovered last year, according to data released by the CID …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID has a deficit of more than 14,000 detectives. The directorate needs at least 19,843 detectives to march the fast-growing population and increasing crime rates. But out of these, the directorate only has 5,292 detectives, a shortfall of 14,551 personnel. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police forensic and cyber teams are probing circumstances under which more than 6,700 people including police officers and teachers lost their money in loan scams over the last one year. It is alleged that the police officers, teachers and other public servants were …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Records at the Anti-Narcotics Unit at Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID show that 7,328 people have been arrested in the last two years for illegally buying, selling and smoking of intoxicating drugs. The data gathered is part of the reflection on the contribution of specialized police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ballistic and forensic analyses aided the arrest of 25,074 suspects linked to heinous crimes over the last two years. This is according to data compiled by the police Directorates of Criminal Investigations, health services and forensic. The data shows that 12,811 suspects were examined …