Tag Archives: Luke Owoyesigyire

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 17 suspects reportedly exploited yesterday’s chaos during the bomb explosion at Kampala Central Police Station (CPS) to escape from custody. Two police sources told Uganda Radio Network that nine of the suspects had been brought in the previous night and their details were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala are holding one of their own accused of killing his fiancée following a misunderstanding. The suspect is Corporal Sam Owuku, the driver of the Kampala South Regional Police Commander-RPC, Rogers Sseguya. It is alleged that Owuku stormed the residence of his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 425 boda-boda riders are in police custody and their motorcycles impounded on charges of obscuring number plates within Kampala metropolitan areas. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has said that the ongoing operations against motorcyclists with obscured number plates are intended to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Katwe division have arrested a man alleged to be the mastermind of five machete attacks in the Katwe-Makindye division. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says that Joshua Akanyijuka, a 30-year-old resident of Nkere zone in Katwe, was arrested following the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty eight suspected criminals have been rounded up in a police swoop in Kampala central business district. The suspects were picked up from Kisenyi and Nakivubo channel in an operation on Wednesday morning involving Field Force Police-FFP officers from Old Kampala police and Central Police stations. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fear has engulfed residents of Nsuwa zone in Katwe after machete-wielding men cut their member, Aisha Nakitende, alongside her daughter Olivia Namatovu, in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Nakitende according to neighbors was attacked about 10 minutes to 6am during a morning down pour. At …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala has arrested two people suspected to be part of a racket issuing fake COVID-19 test results to travellers. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the suspects as Francis Luke and Joshua Bakabuye, both residents of Kawempe. Their arrest came after …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Katwe are hunting for unidentified persons behind an acid attack against Patrick Katatanzi, the Chief Manager of the Corporate section in Centenary bank at Mapeera House in Kampala. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire says that Katatanzi suffered an acid attack …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 250 people spent Monday night in various police cells in Kampala Metropolitan areas for violating the nighttime curfew regulations. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, says the suspects were picked up in joint security operations involving police, the military and local …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A police constable attached to the Environmental Police Protection Unit opened fire, injuring two people following an altercation with a woman in Kawanda, Wakiso district. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire identified the suspect as Police constable Julius Nagaba, who was guarding SGS …