Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspicion and speculation are rife among security intelligence forces after Muwonge Ssalongo, a suspect arrested in Kampala over last weekend’s shooting at security personnel at Kapeeka town council, Nakaseke district, was found hanging in a cell in Tororo police station. A number of security officers …
Read More »No gun lost in Kapeeka attack – UPDF
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces have confirmed that there was no gun stolen in an attack in Kapeeka town on Saturday night. At 22:40 hours on Saturday night, assailants armed with a rifles attacked a Police and UPDF foot patrol in Kikondo cell in Kapeeka …
Read More »UPDF soldier, assailant killed in Kapeeka attack
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A soldier of Uganda People’s Defense Forces and one assailant have died in a shootout in a night attack in Kapeeka town in Nakaseke. The attack occurred at around 10:40pm on Saturday night. Retired Captain Yahaya Kakooza the Nakaseke Resident District Commissioner explains that the …
Read More »Unemployed youth trapped by deadly metal scrap trade in Kapeeka
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The increasing number of youth resorting to the metal scrap business which is now proving lethal, is a sign of desperation by the unemployed, Rev. Fr. Hilary Muheezangango, the Director of Caritas Kasanaensis under Kasana-Luweero Diocesan social development arm has warned. Fr. Muheezangango says …
Read More »Two unexploded ordnances discovered at scrap metal workshop in Kapeeka
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces and police have recovered two more explosive devices at a scrap metal workshop in Kapeeka trading centre, Nakaseke district. On Thursday, a bomb exploded in Kapeeka trading centre killing Alfred Mandela on the spot and injuring four others. The injured …
Read More »One dead, four injured in Nakaseke bomb explosion
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A bomb explosion has killed one person on the spot and injured four others critically in Kapeeka trading center, Nakaseke district. The incident occurred at around 9:00am in Kapeeka central ward, Kapeeka town council. Moses Ssenfuma, the LC3 chairperson of Kapeeka sub-county says that the …
Read More »President meets Chinese ceramics entrepreneurs
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that the establishment of more factories that manufacture domestically consumed products, such as household ceramics and sanitary ware, will go a long way in saving the country foreign exchange on top of creating more job opportunities in the …
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