President Yoweri Museveni will on Tuesday make a presentation on the impact of fake news at a one-day interactive session on “Media Coverage and National Security in Uganda”. The dialogue organised by the Ministry of Security, will also have the ICT minister Frank Tumwebaze, Security Minister Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, …
Read More »Kaweesi murder suspects cry out over torture
The 13 suspects who were arrested in connection with the murder of former Police Spokesperson Felix Kaweesi have cried out over the torture they are going through at Nalufenya prison located in Jinja. The suspects were appearing before the Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court where they appealed to the magistrate about …
Read More »Seven more charged over Kaweesi murder
Seven more suspects in the murder of former police spokesman AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi were on Thursday brought to court while Grade one magistrate Noah Sajjabi also issued production warrants for two others. That brings the number of suspects to 22, as 13 were been produced in court earlier. The suspects …
Read More »Police hands back 15 minors in Kaweesi murder investigation
KAWEESI MURDER: 12 minors handed back to mothers as parliament tasks internal affairs minister over their arrest Police on Thursday released 12 of the 15 minors, believed to be children of Abdul Rashid Mbazira and Higenyi Ramathan, suspects in the murder of slain Police Spokesman AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi. The children aged …
Read More »Woman jailed for lying about Kaweesi killers
Kampala City Hall Court has sentenced an 18-year-old woman to one and half years imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to giving false information to Uganda police regarding the murder of fallen AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Kaweesi, who was spokesman and the director of human resource development and training in Uganda police, …
Read More »Who is behind Uganda’s new terror gangs?
Police insiders going rogue? They call themselves the Bakijambiya (Machete gang) and they pounce in the wee hours of the night. They come with pangas, iron bars, nails on wood clubs, and big knives. They chop and clobber their victims, steal their money and portable property, and rape the women …
Read More »VIDEO: Police denies torturing Kaweesi murder suspects
VIDEO: Police denies torturing Kaweesi murder suspects The Police has responded to allegations that it tortured the thirteen men accused of murdering Assistant Inspector General of Police Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Police spokesperson Assan Kasingye says these are false allegations arguing that the facility at Nalufenya is well regulated and conforms …
Read More »Kaweesi murder suspects moved to Luzira from Nalufenya
Thirteen people arrested in connection to the murder of former Assistant Inspector of Police (AIGP) Andrew Felix Kaweesi, his bodyguard Kenneth Erau and driver Godfrey Wambewo have been produced before Nakawa Magistrate court amidst tight security. They were further remanded to Luzira prison until May 18 as inquiries into their …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Kaweesi murder investigation
Kayihura in tight corner as Museveni demands progress On April 21, the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, did something unusual. As highly anticipated by the general public, he presented to the Nakawa Magistrates Court in Kampala 13 suspects in the murder of the late force spokesperson, Assistant Inspector …
Read More »Uganda Police releases names of 13 Kaweesi murder suspects
Uganda Police has released the names of the 13 people that they arraigned in court Friday April 21, 2017 over the murder of Assistant Inspector of Police (AIGP) Andrew Felix Kaweesi. The accused, according to a statement, are Abdu Rashid Mbazira, Buyondo Mohammed, Higenyi Aramazan Noor Din, Mugerwa Yusuf aka Wilson, …
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