Tag Archives: Patrick Onyango

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Police have slapped charges of unlawful assembly against 40 people picked up during protests against the arrest of Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament on Monday. The suspects were picked up in running battles with police following the botched …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 226 people were arrested in connection to criminal activities carried out during the New Year’s Day celebrations in parts of Kampala. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango says that the suspects were arrested from the various Divisions of Kampala where they were involved …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Unidentified thugs have killed Charles Kayemba, a technician at Petrol City. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, says the thugs trailed Kayemba in the wee hours of Tuesday morning to his home in Nabingo-Kyengela town council in Wakiso district. It is alleged that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A man has been arrested for allegedly beheading his wife, Sharon Kansiime, in a domestic brawl on Wednesday night. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, said Joseph Mpuluriza picked a quarrel with Kansiime over unknown reasons and in the scuffle used a machete to chop …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was commotion in the city center yesterday morning when Christopher Aine, the former body guard of ex-prime minister, Amama Mbabazi staged a protest for being jobless. Aine, who was accompanied with two others, was holding a sharp knife, saying he is unable to fend …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Kampala Metropolitan Policing Area –KMP have started a data bank for over 14000 suspected stolen phones. A team of 14 Information Communication Technology – ICT officers from Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID headquarters at Kibuli are at the KMP headquarters at Kampala Central Police Station –CPS …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A day after police unleashed brutality against Rtd. Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye, he has vowed not to give up on his struggle to liberate Uganda. Addressing journalists at his Katonga based offices on Tuesday evening; Besigye recounted how he was saved by people in his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police foiled a procession by journalists who intended to match through the streets of Kampala to the Police headquarters in Naguru, to petition against increased police brutality against media practitioners. The procession comprised personnel subscribing to Uganda Journalists Association (UJA), Uganda Parliamentary Press Association …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority –URA has provided details regarding the ownership of a vehicle, which knocked dead three people along Bukasa-Muyenga road a fortnight ago. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, says URA records show that the Starlet UAE 783K that allegedly hit a Bajaj boxer …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Police have arrested one Allan Ggayi, who is suspected to be part of a gang that raided Kawempe retail and mobile money shops stealing over 160 telephones. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango says that Ggayi, a resident of Kyanja was intercepted at Bujuuko, along …