Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eleven inmates have staged a successful breakout from Bukwo prisons and fled to Kenya. The inmates had been remanded to Bukwo prisons for various offenses. Uganda Prison Services Spokesperson Frank Baine told journalists at Uganda Media Center this morning that the inmates broke the …
Read More »Prisons secures equipment worth UGX 1.2 Bn to boost COVID-19 response
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service has secured items worth 1.2 billion Shillings to boost its COVID-19 response thanks to a donation from the United Nations Office of Crime and Drugs, the European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Frank Baine, the spokesperson …
Read More »Prisons service seeks guidance on inmates ‘Right to Vote’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service is seeking guidance on how inmates will participate in elections while incarcerated away from their places of origin or even areas where they are registered as voters. This comes a day after high court Judge Lydia Mugambe ordered the government …
Read More »Prison confirms first coronavirus case
Namutumba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Services has recorded its first coronavirus case in Kayiti prison, Namutumba district. Addressing a daily security briefing at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Frank Baine, the spokesperson of Prisons said that the case is a suspect who had previously had contact …
Read More »Security to arrest drivers with vehicles in dangerous mechanical condition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With only four days left to the lifting of the ban on the movement of private cars, the Joint Security Taskforce has warned drivers against bringing back vehicles that are in dangerous mechanical condition. Speaking today at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Frank Baine, …
Read More »Joint security taskforce to enforce lockdown restrictions until June 2
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint security taskforce will enforce all the previous restrictions that the government imposed on the country to counter the spread of the coronavirus. Earlier, the public had interpreted the president’s instructions to mean that the restrictions had been lifted. Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson, …
Read More »Joint Security Taskforce records more Covid-19 guidelines abuses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Security Taskforce says that many people are not adhering to the COVID-19 guidelines issued by President Museveni. Speaking on Monday at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Fred Enanga, the spokesperson of the Uganda Police Force said across the country, they have …
Read More »Uganda Prisons allows donating food to fasting inmates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service has allowed individuals and companies who wish to donate food items to fasting inmates to go ahead and do so. Speaking at the daily security briefing at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Thursday, Frank Baine, the spokesperson of …
Read More »President Museveni pardons 833 prisoners
Kamopala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has exercised the powers given to him under article 121 of the 1995 Constitution to pardon 833 prisoners around the country. Speaking to reporters at the Uganda Media Centre on Monday, Frank Baine, the spokesperson of the Uganda Prisons Services …
Read More »Kwania gov’t prison farm designated isolation center for new inmates in Lango
Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania government prison farm in Kwania district will act the isolation center for new inmates from all prison facilities in Lango sub region. The mid North Region Prison Commander, Simpson Ebil Simeon says the decision was reached in close consultation with the Health Ministry …
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