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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Lugoba Village Kawempe Division have asked the government to empower and facilitate local leaders to fight crime in the area. The call comes after police arrested six suspects at Lugoba Urban Council for allegedly stealing motorcycles from different parts of the country and …

Washington, USA | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump was indicted on Thursday for his role in an alleged hush-money payment to an adult film actress. Multiple news media outlets, including The New York Times, ABC News, and The Washington Post, broke the news of Trump’s indictment by a Manhattan grand …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators Allan Ssewanyana and  Muhammad Ssegirinya have asked the International Crimes Division of the High Court to halt their trial for terrorism and charges pending the determination of the Constitutional petition challenging the legality of the charges against them. The main case was expected …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The constitutional court has ruled that Section 24 of the Computer Misuse Act, which makes cyber harassment a crime is legal. In a unanimous decision written by Justice Irene Mulyagonja, the constitutional court said it cannot sanction the act of harassing people whether offline or …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Luwero district are worried following an increase in cases of domestic violence. According to the Police crime report for 2022 released this week, Luwero district registered 501 domestic violence cases from 340 cases registered in 2021. As result, Luwero was ranked the …

COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | The headline that Thursday morning was equivalent to ‘Man Bites Dog.’ Trending across multiple news feeds was the brutal arrest of torture survivors outside the offices of the national human rights institution. On February 9, five members of the Torture Survivors Movement Uganda attempted to deliver …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Wildlife Anti-Crime Coordination Task Force-NWCCTF is calling for community support in the fight against wildlife trafficking and poaching. The task force was initiated in 2018 and launched in 2020 to promote cooperation and coordination among law enforcement agencies to combat wildlife crime in …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some reformed ex-criminals and suspects in some of the pending cases have told the Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander Senior Commissioner of Police –SCP Stephen Tanui that they get army and police uniforms from security personnel. Tanui held a meeting at police headquarters with …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 4th Infantry Division Commander, Brig. Bonny Bamwiseki has ordered security personnel to conduct a fresh crackdown on hawkers operating along major streets in Gulu city. The orders follow the resumption of hawkers on the streets, barely four months after Gulu City Council authorities backed …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said Thursday its police component has developed guidelines to assist the Somali Police Force (SPF) in implementing community policing initiatives on combating crime. ATMIS Deputy Coordinator of Police Reforms Alex Ndili, said the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for community …