Tag Archives: Patrick Jimmy Okema

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo police are holding one of their own for his alleged involvement in illegal logging. Patrick Jimmy Okema, the Aswa River Region police spokesperson identifies the suspect as Julius Mpande, the Officer in Charge of Operations at Kitgum central police station. He is locked up …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is strict enforcement of the nighttime curfew in Amuru district to get rid of criminal gangs from major trading centers. For a week now, police officers backed by the military start enforcing the curfew as early as 7:00 pm and stop at 06:00 am. …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two more people believed to be prime suspects in the gruesome murder of a police informer in Amuru district have been arrested. Denis Okot and Bosco Obwoya were picked up over the weekend from their hideout in Pabbo sub county following a tip-off.   The suspects …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Angry mob members in Gulu city have demolished a house belonging to a woman accused of hosting street children who have been terrorizing the area for over a year. Residents descended on the house belonging Min Sam in Layibi central Sub ward in Tegwana Parish …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five senior police officers from the Aswa river region police headquarters have been reshuffled. The officers are from the ranks of Superintendent of Police, Assistant Inspector of Police and Assistant Superintendent of Police. Some of them were recalled to the police headquarters while others were …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | At least 178 people were killed in the eight districts of Acholi region in 2020, the highest deaths recorded in a single year. Of those, 18 included juveniles.      Statistics compiled by URN on the basis of data shared by Aswa Region Police for …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Gilbert Olanya, the incumbent Kilak South Member of parliament, who is seeking re-election, is in fear following an attack on his close aide and personal driver, Patrick Opoka. Opoka is admitted at St Mary`s Hospital Lacor in Gulu City with a fractured skull and severe …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A businesswoman in Gulu City is nursing wounds after being shot by an unknown gunman on Wednesday night.  The victim has been identified as Agnes Akello, a merchant and resident of Pece Cubu Ward in Pece-Laroo Division in Gulu City.  She was shot in the …

Pader, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A seventy-five-year-old woman in Pader district has been killed by strangulation. Santorina Akello’s lifeless body was found lying in her house in Mission ‘’A’’ Village in Ogole Parish Lapul Sub County by her daughter, Nighty Aloyo on Wednesday. George Ocira, a relative to the deceased …

Nyowa, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Two people were on Thursday injured and hospitalized in Nwoya and Amuru Districts following running battles between police and National Unity Platform – NUP party supporters. They include Zubeda Yasin, 26, a resident of Lorikwo West Cell in Elegu Town Council in Amuru and a …