Tag Archives: murder

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Lango are worried over the increasing number of murder cases in the sub-region. Records from North Kyoga police region which covers the entire Lango sub-region show that 92 murder cases were reported between January and May this year. In January alone, police registered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lawyers representing eight people who were arrested by the security forces in relation to the murder of a driver and a daughter to Works and Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala have filed an application demanding for their production in court. The eight are: Kamada …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wednesday marked six months since Bwaise based boxer, Isaac Ssenyange alias Zebra Mando, was shot dead by soldiers under the Joint Ant-Terrorism Task Force –JATT. Zebra met his death on December 30, 2020, at St Francis Zone, Bwaise III Parish, Kawempe division. His death …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grade One Magistrate Court in Lira has remanded a 30-year-old secondary school teacher for the alleged murder of his wife. Boniface Aweri, a teacher at Kiryandongo High School and a resident of Ireda Shamba cell, Lira city was arrested last week following the death …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have been remanded to Kitalya government prison on charges of murdering the daughter and the driver of Transport and Works Minister General Katumba Wamala. The two are Hussein Ismael Sserubula alias Imam Muto, a boda boda rider and a resident of Nakuwadde, Nakabugo, …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Lira District is holding a 29-year-old man in connection to the death of his wife. Licinia Akirapa Aweri, a 30 year- old community paralegal with Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum was discovered dead in their home on Thursday morning. Boniface Aweri, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lawyers representing Sheik Yusuf Nyanzi, one of the suspects in the murder of former Police Spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi have demanded his unconditional release. Nyanzi was arrested on Tuesday morning together with his sixteen-year-old son Abdul Rahim Nyanzi who was later released after …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of operatives suspected to be from the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence-CMI spent the better part of Wednesday searching the home of Sheikh Yusuf Nyanzi, one of the suspects in the murder of former Police Spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi, his bodyguard Kenneth Erau and …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo police are holding four men for the alleged murder of a 37 year old suspect on Tuesday night. The suspects are Walter Mwaka, Charles Omal, Richard Kidega and Alex Oweka, all residents of Lagwe-dola village in Kal sub county in Lamwo district. The …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero district have arrested a woman for allegedly beheading her own one-week old child. The suspect has been identified as Aidah Naluyange, aged 30 years, a resident of Kakinzi village in Butuntumula sub county. She is accused of cruelly beheading her own child …