Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Anti-Terrorism Taskforce and Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence have arrested 48 people alleged to have been part of the group that planted two explosives last week leaving two people dead. The first Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off at a popular pork joint in …
Read More »Security heightened along Uganda-DRC border after bomb threats
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened security surveillance on the shores of Lake Albert in the Bunyoro region, which shares a porous border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The move follows terror alerts which were followed by two explosions in Komamboga, a suburb of Kampala and on …
Read More »Artisanal miners accept to vacate Kassanda gold mines
Kassanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 30,000 artisanal and small-scale miners, pit owners, mineral processors, and dealers have accepted to voluntarily vacate Kisita mines in Kassanda district. President Yoweri Museveni issued a directive in May this year, giving a grace period of six months to miners under Kitumbi Small …
Read More »ADF, Islamic State responsible for Komamboga blast – CT director
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Counter Terrorism in Police, Abbas Byakagaba has said that the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF and Islamic State-IS are among the terror groups suspected to have planned last Saturday’s bomb blast at a bar in Komamboga. At least one person identified as Emily Nyinaneza …
Read More »Komamboga bomb was locally improvised – Police
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has revealed that the bomb that claimed the life of one person in Komamboga on Saturday night was locally improvised and therefore it is was a case of domestic terrorism. The said explosion occurred at around 9:00 pm at Digida pork …
Read More »140 people killed in robberies, domestic brawls over the past two weeks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Statistics at the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID indicate that 140 people have been killed in the last two weeks. This translates into 10 people being killed every day across the country. At least 79 Ugandans were killed between October 4 and 11, in robberies, domestic brawls, …
Read More »IGP directs heavy traffic police deployment to curb mob actions on roads
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has instructed the Director of Traffic Police to increase deployments on roads during rush hours to eliminate emerging crimes of mob justice. The directive follows a weekend incident where a 40-year-old former driver with the United Nations-UN …
Read More »Security arrests 13 suspected terrorists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security team has arrested 13 suspected members of the Allied Democratic Force-ADF terror cell and Mai-Mai rebel group. Eight of the suspects have been arrested by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence in Buikwe district whereas others were picked by Crime Intelligence in the …
Read More »IGP directs counter terrorism unit to monitor all spaces after UK terror warning
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three days after the United Kingdom issued a terror alert for its citizens in Uganda, the Inspector General of Police-IGP Martin Ochola, has directed the force’s Counter-Terrorism-CT unit to increase vigilance on vital spaces. The UK indicated that terrorists are planning an indiscriminate attack on among …
Read More »Mother arrested over kidnap of 4 year old son
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police Crime Intelligence unit has arrested a woman for kidnapping her four-year-old son and demanding 32 Million Shillings ransom from her husband. Last week, the boy’s mother Annet Kiiza and neighbours filed a report at Nansana police station that Daniel Male had been kidnapped …
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