Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has made new police appointments two days after meeting the new Inspector General of Police Abbas Byakagaba. In the new appointments, Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP) Fred Enanga, who has been police Spokesperson for nearly seven years has been appointed Deputy director …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Crime Intelligence (DCI) has shot and killed three suspected leaders of gangs operating near the Ministry of Public Service, Katanga, Sir Apollo Kaggwa and Nansana Municipality. A Nansana machete gang commander identified as Pius was shot three times on Friday night at …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nearly five years after the police force purchased a fixed-wing aircraft, it put it on market at a price that is almost half of its original purchase cost. The Aircraft 5X-PEF/P180 Avanti II was purchased in June 2019 for 30.48 billion shillings but it has now been …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Detectives investigating the shooting of Pastor Aloysius Bugingo have gathered clues regarding the weapons used and potential suspects, according to the Ugandan Police. Pastor Bugingo of the House of Prayer Ministries was attacked earlier this month in the Namungoona-Lubaga Division in Kampala, resulting in the …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have recovered a fuel truck that was robbed at gunpoint along the Iganga-Jinja highway on October 21, 2023. In a statement published on the Uganda Police website Tuesday , Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga says that the Kiira Regional Territorial Police intercepted the Mercedes …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Court has dismissed two police officers on separate incidents of attempted murder. Detective Constable Moses Wabwire deployed at Kaliro Police Station has been dismissed from the force for hacking his colleague Constable Tyson Kutosi, nearly to death for denying him access to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Counter-Terrorism (CT) police, in collaboration with Kampala Metropolitan Police, have arrested Collins Mugabi on suspicion of manufacturing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The operation took place over the weekend in Banda, Nakawa Division, Kampala. Fred Enanga, the Uganda Police Spokesperson, stated that Mugabi was found …
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COMMENT | Marije Slijkerman & Gerard, Max en Jan Koetsier | On Sunday December 11th Sophia’s TV portrait, as made by Dutch public television, was broadcast in Uganda at 10pm by NTV Uganda, the largest TV network in the country. A short news item was to precede this documentary, serving as …
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Namugongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kira Division has launched a hunt for three assailants who reportedly gang raped a woman who was Monday morning jogging in Namugongo Division-Wakiso district. Fred Enanga, the Police spokesperson said that the 22-year-old resident of Namugongo Buloli whose names were not revealed, …
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Police review CCTV footage, arrest suspect Assimwe alias Kalungi Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police using footage from Closed Circuit Television -CCTV cameras have arrested a woman accused of dousing men in bars and lodges in Kawempe division. The suspect is Lydia Nakayizi Asiimwe alias Hope Kalungi. She was …
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