Tag Archives: Luke Owoyesigyire

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders in Kamwokya are counting losses following Thursday’s fire outbreak. On Thursday, two people died when fire gutted several houses in Kyamuka zone in Kamwokya, destroying property worth millions of shillings. The fire that started at 7:00 pm was caused by electric sparks from one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty people were yesterday arrested in the central business district as police resumed lockdown enforcement operations in Kampala city. On June 18, President Museveni ordered a second nationwide lockdown following a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country. The President also banned people from going …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have arrested a truck driver for flouting the Covid-19 guidelines. Hassan Lubega was arrested on Monday in Nabingo along the Kampala-Masaka highway. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says that Lubega who was driving a truck registration number UBJ 803P was intercepted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A reveler has been killed in a bar brawl in the Kampala city suburbs of Natete in Rubaga division. The Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the deceased as 43-year-old Magidu Mugwanya, a resident of Kibumbiro B zone in Busega parish, Rubaga …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 20-year-old girl South Sudanese girl has committed suicide by jumping from the 4th floor of an apartment in Wakiso district. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire identifies the deceased as Nyameisha Kueth, who has been staying with her stepmother in Nabweru in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A six-year-old boy who went missing on Saturday from his home has been found dead. Joram Kato’s body was found about 200 meters away from their home in Bendegere Nkumba village, Katabi town council, Entebbe municipality. Kato disappeared after he had gone to play with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Senior Superintendent of Police-SSP Norman Musinga, who is the Kampala Metropolitan Traffic Police Commander has ordered police officers to pull-off number plates of vehicles without travel permits. The mostly targeted vehicles are those parked on city streets, shopping centres and private parking. Musinga’s directive …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested a driver who knocked dead a police officer in Kabalagala, a Kampala city suburb on Sunday evening. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire identifies the suspect as Haman Rujjumba. He is accused of knocking to death police constable Bosco Owili, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have uncovered a consignment of medicines from a private clinic in Nansana-Gganda in Wakiso district. The medicines which were found in Broch medical services had labels from Joint Medical Stores Nsambya, Government of Uganda, and USAID. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is three days ever since police raided Golf Course hotel along Yusuf Lule road and arrested several members of Uganda Golf Course-UGC on allegations of acting in a manner likely to spread a dangerous disease by flouting the President’s directives and Ministry of Health …