Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lawyer representing 12 people battling charges of murdering detective sergeant Fred Chemonges, has told the General Court Martial that the deceased could have been shot dead by a state witness with whom they were together on the fateful day. The suspects are Private Bob …
Read More »Two arrested for dropping coffin at Saudi Arabian Embassy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested two members of Torture Survivors Movement Uganda after dropping a coffin at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Kampala, while protesting the continued torture and killings of Ugandan migrant workers in the Middle East. The protest on Tuesday, followed the reported cases …
Read More »UPDF officer remanded over murder of boda boda rider
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial in Makindye has remanded two people including a Uganda People’s Defence Forces junior officer Lt Paddy Nahabwe alias Kenneth Turinawe on charges of murder. Nahabwe together with James Niwamanya were arraigned before the court presided over by Brigadier Robert Freeman Mugabe …
Read More »Bukwo CAO killer gun tied to four killings in Wakiso
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investigations into the shooting of Bukwo Chief Administrative Officer Charles Ogwang, show that one of the two guns used to end his life had been used to kill four people in Wakiso district. Ogwang was killed in a volley of ammunition on July 8 in …
Read More »Mabirizi asks court to halt trial of MPs Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the International Crimes Division of the High Court seeking to halt the hearing of the case in which Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana, are accused of murder and terrorism-related charges. Mabirizi wants …
Read More »DPP tables more evidence against MPs Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions has tabled more evidence that she intends to use to prosecute the murder and terrorism cases against the Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya, and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana. The two legislators are jointly charged with 5 …
Read More »Journalist in custody over death of hotel receptionist
Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Haruna Mugerwa, a journalist with Vision Group’s Bukedde TV has spent the night in police cells in connection to the death of a guest house attendant in Lwengo district. Mugerwa is locked up at Mbirizi police station in Lwengo district, as a key suspect in the …
Read More »One arrested over murder of Buwalasi sub county chief
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale city police are holding one suspect in connection to the brutal murder of Grace Namboozo, the former Buwalasi sub-county chief in Sironko district. The suspect is Lydia Negesa, 36, a resident of Wagagai cell, Nkoma ward, Mbale city Northern division. Negesa’s arrest came hours after …
Read More »Four brutally murdered in Kakumiro
Kakumiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kakumiro is investigating circumstances under which a 48-year-old man raided Rwamata village in Mpasana town council hacking three people to death before he was also lynched by an angry mob. The incident happened on Friday night at around 9p.m. The deceased persons have …
Read More »We were tortured to pin MPs Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana: Suspects
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five suspects who were jointly charged with Members of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana have said that they were tortured to implicate the MPs on charges of murder and terrorism. The suspects revealed this on Thursday while appearing before the court presided over by Lady …
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