Tag Archives: Edward Ochom

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jailed city lawyer Male Mabirizi has instituted criminal proceedings in the Mukono Chief Magistrate’s court against the retired Director of Operations in the Uganda Police Force, Edward Ochom, and two others over their shoot-to-kill orders against aggravated robbery suspects. The other suspects are Stephen Tanui, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The deadly attacks targeting security personnel could be politically motivated, a team of police officers probing the attacks has revealed. Last month, the Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola named a team led by Assistant Inspector General of Police-AIGP, Edward Ochom to probe the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have raised the red flag over the upsurge of ambush attacks on security personnel, following the murder of four police officers in the last few months. According to police records, four policemen have been killed in six deadly ambush attacks, and two Local Defence …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Director for Operations Edward Ochom, has warned police commanders against selectively charging suspects arrested for flouting Covid-19 guidelines. Ochom in his latest internal memo says that they have noticed an increase in complaints raised by members of the public about being asked to …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Luwero District Kadhi has asked the Muslims in the district to respect curfew time and perform Taraweeh prayers at their homes to avoid a clash with security personnel. Today Muslims started the holy month of Ramadhan. Ramadhan is regarded as one of the five …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda Police Force has said that it will limit the use of tear gas in quelling protests.  This was revealed by the Police team led by the Police Chief of Joint Security Gen Jack Bakasumba while appearing before the Parliament’s Committee on Human …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda Police Force-UPF has directed area commanders to intensify operations to crackdown on all night curfew violators.  The directives which were issued by the Police Operations Director, Assistant Inspector General of Police Edward Ochom to all district and division police commanders took effect on Tuesday.  …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police are planning to construct a 15-billion-shilling Criminal Automated Identification System abbreviated as CABIS in order to simplify investigation of serial criminals. The proposal to construct CABIS interlinked to each of the major district and division policing areas is contained in a document prepared by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police has denied using expired teargas to break up political campaigns of especially presidential candidates. Speaking to reporters at the Uganda Media Centre, Edward Ochom, the Director of Operations in the Uganda Police said that before they use teargas which he said is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Politicians have been cautioned against propagating chaos as the country prepares for presidential nominations due to start tomorrow November 2, 2020. The 2-day exercise will be held at the Kyambogo University cricket ground. According to guidelines issued earlier by the police, all presidential aspirants …