Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Margaret Mutonyi has acquitted Abubaker for the double murders of former Buyende District Police Boss Assistant Superintendent of Police Muhammad Kirumira and his friend, Resty Nalinya Mbabazi. Justice Mutonyi acquitted Kalungi after the prosecution failed to prove his participation in the murders that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala will on Monday deliver a judgment in a case where Abubaker Kalungi, is charged with the murder of Former Buyende District Police Commander Muhammad Kirumira and his friend Resty Nalinya Mbabazi. Last year, High Court commenced the trial of Hamza …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 4,497 people were killed in 2018, according to the annual crimes statistics released by Uganda Police Force-UPF. This represents a 0.5 percent increase in the murders compared to 4,473 cases recorded in 2017. While presenting the statistics, the Director Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID Assistant Inspector …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso Grade One Magistrate Martin Kirya has rejected an application seeking investigations into the alleged torture of Abubaker Kalungi, the key suspect in the murder of former Buyende District Police Commander Muhammad Kirumira. Kalungi who had also used the same application to seek permission to …
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Why security agencies are finding difficulty catching the killers Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Almost a month after the gruesome murder of Muhammad Kirumira on Sept.8 there is little hope security agencies can find the killers of the former Buyende District Police commander. Part of the problem is that elements …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The embattled former Buyende District Police commander and Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammad Kirumira should be demoted by two ranks, the force’s disciplinary court ruled Thursday, after it convicted him in one of the several charges he faced. After a dramatic morning in which …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Abubakar Kawooya, the father of embattled former Buyende District Police Commander (DPC) Muhammad Kirumira Monday dragged the Chairman of the Police Disciplinary Court Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP) Dennis Odongopiny to the High court-Civil division for subjecting his son to illegal proceedings. Kawooya said that …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Buganda Road Court Thursday dismissed embattled former Buyende District Police commander and Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammad Kirumira’s application that sought unconditional release from police custody, having spent more than 48 hrs without being charged. Grade One Magistrate Robert Mukanza dismissed the application on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The case against controversial former Buyende District Police Commander ASP Muhammad Kirumira took yet another twist, when prosecution withdrew two charges of torture against him at the Police Tribunal. Prosecution told the tribunal at Naguru that they did not have witnesses to enable them …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Flying squad have been forced to break into controversial District Police Commander (DPC) Muhammad Kirumira home in Bulenga to arrest him, a day after he vowed to resign, claiming he is being mistreated by the police force. Kirumira locked himself in the house, demanding …
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