Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have issued criminal summons against Hoima Woman Member of Parliament, Harriet Mugenyi Businge for assault. Businge is wanted in connection to the assault of her rival, Beatrice Wembabazi which left her in coma. The two are contesting for the National Resistance Movement-NRM party ticket …
Read More »Kakumiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Pump Attendant attached to Orishaba Fuel station in Kakumiro district has been arrested for allegedly conniving with Robbers to steal 3.4 million Shillings. The suspect is John Baptist Busobozi, 26, a resident of Karama trading centre in Kakindo sub-county, Kakumiro district. He is accused …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Flying squad operatives attached to the Albertine region police headquarters have arrested three suspected car robbers. The operatives have also recovered four stolen cars and one motorcycle from the robbers. Police has identified the suspects as; Allan Kihumuro (21), a resident of Kiryatete a Hoima …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Albertine police are investigating the brutal of murder of unidentified man on the farm of Major General Matayo Kyaligonza’s farm in Kikuube district. The deceased’s body was found by residents lying in a pool of blood on Kyaligonza’s farm in Kitindura village in Ruhunga parish …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have raised a red flag over the escalation of defilement cases in the Albertine region during the COVID-19 lockdown. Statistics from the Criminal investigations department in the region show 191 defilement cases were recorded between March and May in the region. 81 suspects …
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Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masindi police are investigating circumstances under which a casual laborer was killed at the residence of Buruli County Member of Parliament, Zerubabel Nyiira Mijumbi. 32-year-old John Mbabazi was hacked to death by unknown assailants at Mijumbi’s home in Kinuba village in Bigando parish in …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 29-year old man has been arrested in Hoima district for impersonating the police. The suspect Benard Karubanga, is a resident of Kiryatete, a Hoima town suburb in Kahoora division, Hoima Municipality. Karubanga was arrested on Friday evening in Kiryatete following numerous complaints from members …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima has arrested one of the suspected thugs who have reportedly been stealing motorcycles from Hoima Central Police Station. The suspect has been identified as Johnson Tumuramye, 30, a resident of Kijungu cell in Hoima Municipality. It is alleged that Tumuramye together with …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The bodies of eight people who drowned in Lake Albert when their boat capsized on Monday have been recovered. The eight were returning to Hoima district together with several others from a funeral in Mukambu Mahagi zone in Bunia district in the Democratic Republic …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen people are feared dead after a boat capsized on Lake Albert on Monday morning. The boat carrying over 20 people, residents of Mbegu landing site in Buseruka sub country in Hoima district reportedly capsized at around 3 am. The occupants of the boat …
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