Tag Archives: mob justice

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kikuube District are hunting for two people over acts of mob justice. The suspects are Phillip Kakombabitooke, a resident of Kyamugoba village in Kabwoya sub-county, and Charles Irumba of Kisembya village. The two reportedly mobilized a mob that lynched Julius Kugonza 25, a …

Buyende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Police in Busoga North has confirmed that Fredrick Ngobi, the Director of Citizens of Hope Primary School in Buwenge Town Council was one of those killed by an angry mob, reportedly because theym attempted to steal ‘mercury’ in Buyende district. Ngobi was killed alongside …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been remanded to Butuntumula prison and 37 others are in police custody over acts of mob justice in Luwero district. The three accused persons are Mathias Ssekayingo, Isma Maganda, and Saddam Felix, all residents of Ndibulungi village in Luwero district. They appeared …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has instructed the Director of Traffic Police to increase deployments on roads during rush hours to eliminate emerging crimes of mob justice. The directive follows a weekend incident where a 40-year-old former driver with the United Nations-UN …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two suspected motorcycle robbers have been lynched by boda boda riders in Mukono district. The suspects who were travelling on a numberless motorcycle were reportedly trailed from Bunamwaya and rounded up at Sunshire fuel station in Kirangira, Nama sub-county where they had gone to make …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people killed by mob justice dropped in 2020. According to the report released on Monday, a total of 540 cases of murder by mob action were reported compared to 746 cases reported in 2019, giving a decrease of 27.6%. The report notes …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight residents of Makerere University who had been arrested in connection to the murder of Emmanuel Tegu, have been released. Tegu, a third year Veterinary Medicine student at the University was roughed up and died on July 4 as a result of …

 Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kamuli are police struggling with a high number of mob justice cases. The latest cases occurred in the past one week where three people were killed in three separate incidents. The Busoga North Police Spokesperson, Michael Kasadha, identifies the deceased as 40-year-old Daaka Kibito, a …

Three  local  security officers of Kawaala- Zone 111 in Rubaga Division have been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment each after being convicted of  mob justice by the High court in Kampala. Evidence in court showed that  Kizito Gozanga, Abdullah Kaweesi and Disan Tumwesigye on the night of April 25, 2013, …