Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Judge Alex Ajiji has declined to step aside from hearing the case in which nine people are accused of murdering the Bwendeiro Diary Cashier Susan Magara. The nine are Abas Buvumbo, Yusuf Lubega, Hussein Wasswa, Muzamiru Ssali, Hassan Kato Miiro, Hajara Nakandi, …
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Makerere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Council has directed Vice Chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe to account for the funds meant for the recent University Convocation elections, as part of the measures to control excesses in the University management. In relation to the chaotic events last Friday, the Council has …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Appointments Board has directed the reinstatement of two suspended staff association leaders. They are Bennet Magara, the chairperson Makerere Administrative Staff Association- MASA and his General Secretary, Joseph Kalema. The duo was suspended together with Dr. Deus Kamunyu, the Makerere University …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force in a joint operation with sister security agencies Friday night and Saturday morning shot dead two suspects and rescued 112 in operations conducted at Usafi Mosque in Kisenyi and other locations in and around Kampala. According to police, the raids …
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A travel advisory to Uganda is now in order as the forces fail to guarantee security for persons and property COMMENT | MORRIS KOMAKECH | The chilling kidnap and murder of Suzan Magara has dented the faith of Ugandans in the security of this country. This crime was at another level …
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Hoima, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Security Minister Lt Gen. Henry Tumukunde has apologised to mourners at Suzan Magara’s funeral for the government’s failure to rescue her after she was was kidnapped in Kampala on February 7, 2018. Suzan Magara, a cashier with at Bwendero Dairy Farm (BDF), was murdered and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said government will consider getting DNA records of every Ugandan in order to effectively fight crime. “DNA records of everybody are good to compare with blood samples, sweat, sperm etc found at the scene of crime. Palm-prints are better than …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Fitzgerald Magara has narrated the ordeal the family went through in the search for their daughter Suzan Magara, who was found dead on Tuesday. “We’ve had difficult days from the 7th of February when we started looking for Susan,” he told mourners at the requiem …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has confirmed the body they found off the Kampala Southern Bypass is that of missing cashier, Suzan Magara. They are offering sh100 million to whoever has information that can lead to the arrest of suspects in this murder case. “We were able to recover …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police have discovered a body believed to be of missing cashier, Suzan Magara. A Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed the discovery of the body they believe is hers, off the Kampala Southern Bypass, near Kigo. Magara, 28, a cashier at the Bwendero Dairy …
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