Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The man who set himself ablaze to protest being rejected by a woman in Masanafu in Wakiso district has succumbed to the burns he sustained in the fire. Edgar Kyamunywa breathed his last at Kiruddu Referral hospital on Thursday evening following his admission on Wednesday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people were killed by their partners in separate Domestic fights within Kampala Metropolitan area on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Namuwonge Sarah, 24, a businesswoman and resident of Kigoma village in Bujuuko and Kakai Viola, a Nurse in Kiteezi, Wakiso district. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy police …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Entebbe municipality has arrested a man for allegedly strangling a 4-year-old girl to death. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire identified the suspect as Vincent Mugema a resident of Lunyo East, Division A, Entebbe municipality, Wakiso district. According to the deceased’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Musician Pius Mayanja, also known as Pallaso, is accusing the police of assaulting him during an operation conducted at his home in Makindye on Wednesday. The musician who is currently admitted at the Entebbe-based Albert Cook Hospital was initially accused of escaping with police …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six people accused of stoning police officers and a police vehicle in Kampala have been arrested and are being held at the Kampala Central Police Station – CPS. The accused allegedly spearheaded by John Kabanda and Katongole pelted stones at police officers and police patrol …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police’s Crime Intelligence and Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence –CMI have joined the hunt for the suspect in the shooting and injuring of three people inside Nakulabye bar five months ago. The suspect who first identified himself as a Uganda People Defence Forces –UPDF …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have foiled a robbery in which a Chinese businessman had lost 200 million Shillings in Bugolobi, a suburb of Kampala. The attack happened last evening. It is alleged that thugs attacked and assaulted Cheng Haitoa, 30, a Chinese businessman and resident of Bugolobi …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two traffic officers have this evening survived being killed by an angry mob at Nabbingo along Kampala-Masaka Road. The angry mob attacked the officers accusing them of causing an accident near Horizon campus on the same road. Preliminary information indicates that two unidentified traffic police …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been arrested in connection to the death of a man in a domestic brawl at Koome Islands, Mukono District. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire identified the deceased only as Omondi, a neighbour to a couple that was having a domestic …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Old Kampala police has arrested two SGA security guards over a stolen gun. Ambrose Asasira and Ivan Elulu were arrested on Wednesday morning after they claimed that their gun had been stolen by thugs. The duo were guarding Salaama petrol station in Namungoona, Lubaga …
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