Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten suspected vehicles robbers operating in Kampala, Nansana, Kiira and Gomba district are in police custody. The suspects were picked up in an operation by the Police Flying Squad Unit, which started in Nansana municipality on Thursday last week. The operation later extended to …
Read More »Joint security agencies arrest 7 suspects, recover stolen UPDF gun
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint team of security agencies has arrested seven people suspected to be members of gangs terrorising Mubende and Mityana districts. Uganda People’s Defence Forces – UPDF and Uganda Police Force – UPF launched a crackdown on suspected criminals in Mubende and Mityana after a …
Read More »Ochola orders arrest, trial of Busoga East ICT commander
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police- IGP Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered for the arrest and trial of Yasser Masinde Okot, the Busoga East Region Information Communication Technology–ICT Commander. It all stems from pictures that went viral on social media over the weekend showing the Assistant Superintendent …
Read More »CCTV officers occupy unfinished police housing units
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 45 out of 1,000 police housing units under construction have been occupied by junior police officers manning the National Closed Circuit Television –CCTV command centre at Naguru police headquarters. Out of the seven blocks each containing 60 apartments, one is almost complete and it …
Read More »Anti-kidnap response unit arrests four
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Anti-Kidnap Response Unit – AKRU has arrested three women and a man in response to three kidnaps registered in Kampala four days ago. AKRU’s response was attracted by kidnaps involving two children aged five and seven weeks in areas of Mpererwe, Kanyanya and …
Read More »Lack of funds delay completion of police housing units
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of 1,000 housing units for junior police officers has been hindered by lack of funds. A feasibility study conducted in 2015 in regard to accommodation of juniors officers in Kampala Metropolitan established that over 10,000 housing units were needed to minimize accommodation puzzle. …
Read More »UPDF, police to deploy aircraft to fight cattle raids in Karamoja
Karamoja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and the army have resolved to deploy aircraft to fight the escalating cattle raids in Karamoja sub-region. This is contained in a joint statement issued by Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga this morning. Enanga notes that the army and Police resolved to use aircraft as …
Read More »Crime intelligence arrests 16 raffle fraudsters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 16 people are locked up in various police stations in Kampala following their arrest for lottery fraud over the weekend. The suspects are Rhinex Mugerwa, Patrick Mubiru, Patrick Nsubuga Patrick, Ronald Lukwago, Solomon Luwaga, Brian Mukisa, Samuel Harenzi, Ashraf Lubogo and Reagan …
Read More »Why contracts of six AIGPs are yet to be renewed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It has emerged that six top senior police officers at the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police –AIGP are yet to have their contracts renewed more than a year when they expired. The affected officers include director legal, Erasmus Twaruhukwa, director Fire and Emergency …
Read More »Violence against officers worries police leadership
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police leadership is worried about the increasing cases of violence directed at its officers in West Nile sub region. It is alleged that a number of Police officers have been attacked, injured and killed in West Nile in the recent past. This has prompted …
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