Tag Archives: Mukono

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mukono district have sensitized bar owners and managers on dangers of noise pollution before executing a crackdown. The engagement follows a directive issued in April by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Tumusiime Katsigazi to all territorial commanders to crackdown on …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 250 boda boda riders operating along Kampala-Jinja Highway in Mukono have completed training in managing traumatic emergencies. Organized under Vision for Trauma Care in Africa, the riders underwent three weeks’ training in a phased manner facilitated by Lay First Responders-LFR International, an American …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A medical doctor has been remanded to Kauga prison, Mukono for attempted murder. Dr. Samuel Ntunya from Mulago hospital was on Friday afternoon produced before the Grade 1 Magistrate Patience Koburungo at Mukono Chief Magistrates Court. Ntunya was charged together with Sarah Nakalema, Yahaya Kitamirike, …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested two residents involved in beating up a journalist on Wednesday evening in Kiyanja village, Nakisunga sub county, Mukono district. It is reportedly said that Peter Byabasaijja, Denis Kiwanuka and others at large intercepted Ronald Kalumba, a correspondent for BBS television in Mukono …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security agencies have in their custody 10 suspects they say are connected to the armed robberies in Mukono district that have left several people nursing injuries and others dead over the past three months. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga named the suspects at a media …

So far Flying Squad has arrested two suspects in connection to the Spice Supermarket raid Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Last week, the Director of Operations Uganda Police, Edward Ochom, ordered police officers to shoot suspected robbers on sight. His utterances come after armed robbers raided Spice Supermarket in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have recovered a firearm and impounded a Toyota Corolla vehicle registration number UAD 728Y that is believed to have been used in several armed robberies in Mukono district. This follows a spate of robberies in the district. The latest robbery took place over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of Persons with Disabilities-PWDs in Mukono district want the government to consider creating special inoculation centers for their members for the second and booster COVID-19 doses. The leaders say that some of their colleagues have started contacting them for assistance following the new …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Deputy Resident District Commissioner-RDC Henry Kitambula has halted the activities of Local Council III courts, saying that they are illegal. Various town councils and sub-counties within Mukono formed LC3 courts to handle minor cases within their respective communities referred to them by the LCI courts. …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono health officials have called for the expeditious adaption of sexuality education in schools targeting girls as young as eight years to stem the increasing number of teenage pregnancies. Dr. Stephen Mulindwa, the Mukono District Health Officer says that the number of teenage pregnancies in …