Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda loses at least 3000 people under unclear circumstances every year, according to data by the criminal Investigations Department covering a period of four years. In 2019, the data shows, 3,316 people died mysteriously. This means that the circumstances surrounding their death could not …
Read More »Only 4000 police officers vaccinated against COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s medical team will need four more weeks in Kampala vaccinating policemen and women against COVID-19. The vaccination exercise targeting 20,000 out of close to 47,000 police personnel started on March 22. Kampala which has the highest concentration of police officers was expected to …
Read More »FDC’s barefoot candidates face infections, even death if untreated -Experts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Politicians who have resorted to walking barefoot to make political statements are exposing themselves to several infections, according to health experts. Forum for Democratic Change – FDC party presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat arrived barefoot at the nomination center after a scuffle with security officer. …
Read More »Police procure 100 patrol vehicles, ambulances for 2021 elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda police force has procured more than 100 Patrol Land Cruisers and Ambulances for 2021 elections period. Out of the more than 100 vehicles, 10 are ambulances which are going to be deployed on highways and other political hot spots as earlier explained by, AIGP …
Read More »Deaths resulting from accidents, attacks dropped during curfew –Police
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has recorded a reduction in deaths resulting from accidents, robberies and attacks, a trend attributed to the nighttime curfew, imposed at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown. The country has been under nighttime curfew since March 2020, when the lockdowns were announced, first …
Read More »94 police paramedics to be retrained for promotion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police leadership has resolved to retrain 94 medical Police Constables so that they can be elevated to ranks befitting their qualifications. The decision to retrain the Constables comes at the time when policemen and women who joined the force in June 2015 with medical documents …
Read More »Gunpowder, DNA analysis link 25,000 suspects to murders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ballistic and forensic analyses aided the arrest of 25,074 suspects linked to heinous crimes over the last two years. This is according to data compiled by the police Directorates of Criminal Investigations, health services and forensic. The data shows that 12,811 suspects were examined …
Read More »Why are police ambulances rarely seen at tragedy scenes?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The head of Police Medical Health Services Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Moses Byaruhanga, has said that a number of police ambulances are out of use, the reason they are rarely seen at tragedy scenes. He said that only 20 out of the …
Read More »Museveni critics living in conjecture
By Moses Byaruhanga If voter turnout was 60% and 68% of this voted Museveni, why should one think the 40% who did not vote were against him? A lot has been written about last month’s presidential elections that were won by President Museveni with a 68%. Some of the critics …
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