DPP Sanctions Murder Charges Against Molly Katanga Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo has slapped murder charges against Molly Katanga for allegedly killing her husband Henry Katanga. Police say Henry Katanga was shot dead using a pistol inside their master bedroom …
Read More »DPP to decide fate of Katanga wife, daughter
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has submitted the file of the deceased businessman Henry Katanga to the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) for a decision on the fate of the deceased’s wife, daughter, and male house helper. Katanga was shot dead inside his bedroom on …
Read More »Police hunting for man after girlfriend’s death
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Police have launched a manhunt for Joseph Muwonge, who is suspected to have killed his 19-year-old girlfriend, Jessica Nakamate in a ritual sacrifice. Nakamate’s decomposing body was found inside her rented room in Kitavujja village in Sekanyonyi town council in Mityana district. Her …
Read More »Bodies of foreign tourists killed in Queen Elizabeth National Park repatriated
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After spending three weeks lying at Mulago hospital morgue, bodies of two foreign tourists killed last month in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese district have been handed over to UK forensic experts and later repatriated. . David Barlow, a UK national and his …
Read More »Woman arrested following death of her two children
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Kiira region have arrested a 28-year-old woman, Rose Musiya, for allegedly killing her two children. It is alleged that Musiya, a resident of Buwagi cell in Northern Division, Jinja City killed her children in an act of ritual sacrifice and buried …
Read More »TOURISTS MURDER: UK, South Africa to send forensic experts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The governments of the United Kingdom and South Africa have instructed the Ugandan forensic team to halt conducting a postmortem examination on their two nationals killed in Queen Elizabeth National Park last week. David Barlow and Celia Geyer, nationals of the UK and South …
Read More »CID concerned over increased murders in homes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) has raised concern over the rampant killings resulting from domestic violence. CID has indicated that there have been a spate in incidents where children are killing their parents, and spouses killing each other. CID cases indicate that the most …
Read More »Man arrested over girlfriend’s Death
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga East police are holding 25-year-old Henry Kasawo on suspicion of being involved in the death of his teenage girlfriend, Ruth Ahereza. Kasawo, a resident of Kakola cell in Ivukula town council, Namutumba district, is believed to have committed the crime on October 6th, …
Read More »Former SGA Security supervisor pleads guilty to murdering Bugiri Sheikh
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mugoya Biasaali, a former supervisor from SGA Security Company, has pleaded guilty to the murder of Bugiri Imam, Sheikh Masood Mutumba. Biasaali, who has now confessed to the murder for the second time, made this revelation during his appearance before the Makindye-based General Court …
Read More »FINAL VERDICT: Supreme Court upholds 18 year jail sentence for Ssebuwufu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has upheld an 18-year jail term for Muhammed Ssebuwufu, the proprietor of Pine Car Bond for the murder of Betty Dona Katusabe about eight years ago. In a unanimous decision delivered on Wednesday, a panel of five Supreme Court Justices – …
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