Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police handed over two armed Congolese soldiers who were arrested on Lake Albert to Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF. They are Mouli Mweni and Patrick Njangu Bukamba, both attached to Mahagi Port Bunia district in Ituri Province in the Eastern Democratic of Congo. The Congolese soldiers …
Read More »Fourteen people arrested as police raid illegal dance party in Hoima
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima has arrested 14 people who were allegedly participating in an illegal Dance Party last night. The dance party that attracted over 200 people took place in the home of Rogers Kansiime, a resident of Kidoti cell in Hoima East Division on Sunday …
Read More »14 more bodies retrieved from Lake Albert after boat accident
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fourteen more bodies of the Lake Albert boat accident victims in Buliisa district have been recovered by the marine police with the help of local fishermen. This brings to 22, the number of bodies recovered from the lake following the Tuesday night boat accident. The …
Read More »30 feared dead after Lake Albert boat accident
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty people are to be feared dead following a boat accident on Lake Albert. The deceased persons are businessmen from Runga landing site in Hoima district who were heading to Panyimur fish market in Pakwach district. The businessmen are said to have drowned at around …
Read More »Armed thugs rob UGX 4.3M from money lender
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Armed thugs have raided the residency of a money lender in Kagadi district and robbed Shillings 4.3 million at gunpoint. The victim is James Kaija, a money lender in Insunga cell in Insunga Parish in Kagadi district. The incident occurred around 1 AM on Monday …
Read More »UPDF soldier shoots civilian dead in Hoima
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima has arrested a Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF soldier for shooting dead a civilian. The suspect is Solomon Baker Bakabe who was deployed to guard the camp site for China Railway construction company in Mparo cell Hoima East division along the Hoima-Masindi …
Read More »Heavy UPDF, police deployment in Kagadi, Hoima ahead of Kyagulanyi’s campaigns
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy deployment of Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers and Anti-riot police in Kagadi town and Hoima City ahead of Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi’s campaign rallies. Kyagulanyi will on Wednesday address rallies in Kagadi and later proceed to Kibaale, Kakumiro Kikuube and Hoima in the …
Read More »Armed thugs rob UGX 8M, motorcycle from Kagadi businessman
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Armed thugs have robbed 8 million shillings from a businessman in Kagadi town. The victim is Daniel Muhumuza, 38, a resident of Bukwara trading center in Kicucura sub-county Kagadi district. Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson says that Muhumuza was put at gunpoint by …
Read More »Abducted Ugandan fishermen freed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen Ugandan fishermen who were abducted by suspected Congolese militiamen from landing sites in Hoima and Kikuube district on Saturday last week have been freed. Fred Mujuni, the chairperson Kaiso landing site fishing community told URN in an interview that the sixteen fishermen were …
Read More »Floods kill one in Buliisa
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and fishermen have retrieved the body of a fisherman who was killed by floods in Buliisa district. The deceased identified as Bright Musinguzi 32, a resident of Kigoya village Buliisa sub county Buliisa district was swept away by floods resulting from the rising …
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