Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security institutions have warned members of the public against resuming acts of attacking security officers who are enforcing the curfew time. In Kampala metropolitan areas, police and UPDF say they have registered more than four incidents in the past one week of civilians attacking security …
Read More »Police slaps aggravated robbery charges on 9 members of Kayunga gang
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID has slapped charges of aggravated robbery against nine members of Kayunga district land and fake dollar fraud gang. The suspects who include Namakandwa LC chairperson Jennifer Nandutu, were netted by Crime Intelligence last week after numerous complaints. Other suspects are Juma …
Read More »Curfew: Police vow to impound and arrest motorists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police force has said that on top of impounding vehicles and motorcycles beyond stipulated curfew time today, they will also arrest motorcyclists and drivers in effort to enforce curfew time, one of Covid-19 guidelines in place. While loosening the Covid-19 restrictions, President Museveni maintained …
Read More »One arrested for dropping threatening leaflets in Katabi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Crime Intelligence has arrested more suspects for dropping threatening leaflets in Katabi-Entebbe municipality, Wakiso district. Fred Enanga identified one of the suspects as Alexis Ruganda alias king-star, a 26-year-old who was arrested in Abayita ababiri over the weekend. Enanga says that Ruganda …
Read More »DNA confirms body retrieved from Munyonyo septic tank is missing Immaculate Onebe
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nearly nine months of search for missing Immaculate Asio Onebe, has come to an end after DNA analysis confirmed that the body retrieved from her matrimonial home’s septic tank is hers. Asio went missing on January 6 and since then the search for her has …
Read More »Two security guards arrested for defiling 15 year old girl
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala is holding two security guards for allegedly defiling a 15-year old juvenile along Market Street plaza near Nakasero market in the city centre over the weekend. Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson has identified the two security guards as Hussein Otyeno attached to …
Read More »Masaka killings: Four more suspects arrested in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police say they have arrested four additional suspects in Kampala in connection to the brutal killings in the greater Masaka region. Addressing journalists at police headquarters Naguru, Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said they have arrested four suspects who are part of the criminal …
Read More »170 police commanders sent on 14 day leave pending redeployment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All the 170 District/Division Police Commanders-DPCs who completed a three months refresher course last week have been sent on a 14-days leave as the police leadership works on their redeployment plan. The former Deputy Inspector General of Police Lt Gen Paul Lokech had sent the …
Read More »Three arrested for dropping threatening leaflets in Wakiso
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Crime Intelligence has arrested three people suspected to be behind the threatening leaflets dropped in Katabi-Entebbe municipality in Wakiso district. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga identifies the suspects as William Lubega, a mechanic, Asadu Kirigwajo, a former bodyguard to the Katabi town council …
Read More »UPDF, police set up team to investigate source of threatening leaflets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police and military agencies have set up a team to track the sources of anonymous threatening leaflets that have been dropped in various parts of the country. The leaflets have been dropped in areas of Masanafu in Lubaga division, Kawempe division, Nsangi, Mukono, Jinja …
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