Tag Archives: Fred Enanga

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened security at the police headquarters and the stations across Kampala following the twin bombings on Tuesday, that left more than 20 police officers injured. At least two patrol vehicles with counter-terrorism, field force unit officers and military personnel have been deployed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has attributed today’s twin bombings in Kampala to the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF, a rebel force that has its base in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Just hours after the bombings that have so far claimed the lives of six people including …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) monitoring centres in Kampala captured 11 army and police officers directly shooting at non-violent civilians during last year’s infamous November 18, riots. At least 54 people were killed during the unrest which started on November 18, running through November 19, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police force has retrained 120 Flying Squad operatives to handle incidents related to gun violence and terrorism ahead of the festive season. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said the operatives who are now attached to the directorate of crime intelligence have undergone a three-month refresher …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Renowned security analyst Fred Egesa has described as a mere gamble, the composite photos of wanted suspects often released by police. The response comes a few days after police spokesperson Fred Enanga, released composite photos of two men who allegedly planted an Improvised Explosive Device …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 14 out of 50 people arrested in connection to the bomb explosions in Kampala and Mpigi district have been released following the failure by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence-CMI, and police to find evidence linking them to the blasts that claimed the lives …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP, the biggest opposition political party has denied having any plans to hold national wide demonstrations. Speaking to the media today in Kampala, Joel Ssenyonyi, the spokesperson of NUP said if they had any such plans they would have announced them publicly …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected terrorist has been shot dead in Kampala. The deceased has been identified as Adam Matovu alias Manihajjia, a 36-year-old resident of Tula zone in Kawempe division, a Kampala suburb. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said that Matovu was gunned down by a team of Joint …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After a critical analysis of the two Improvised Explosive Devices-IEDs that went off last week, police and military forensic analysts have concluded that ammonium nitrate was the propellant used to provide the pressure to scatter the shrapnel that injured or caused death in both blasts. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Apart from the two bombing attacks at Komamboga pork joint and inside a Swift bus along Masaka road, police responded to four other suspicious bombing scares within Kampala metropolitan areas, but found no explosives. The first Improvised Explosive Device-IED went off at a popular pork …