Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Heavy deployment along Gayaza road, Kasangati and Magere village which is home of the NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi has caused concern among some residents. The deployment by military, police and plain clothes security personnel is noticeably heavy. Some residents are describing the plain-clothed security personnel …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has said that it never participated in defacing posters of the National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi or even protect those who participated in the illegal act. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango defended the police after images started …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man has killed his lover in a domestic brawl in Kireka in Wakiso district. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango has identified the deceased as 25-year-old Sylvia Katushabe, a resident of Kireka B in Kira Municipality Wakiso district. Preliminary investigations indicate that that deceased was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of Boda Boda Riders from different parts of Kampala have been camping at Wandegeya Police station now for two weeks with some of them spending nights. Some claim police officers are protecting criminals who defrauded them. For some of them whom we talked to, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have shot dead a private security guard for resisting arrest. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango identifies the deceased as Ali Mbayo, a resident of Rugala in Rubaga division. According to Onyango, Mbayo was gunned in the wee hours of Thursday morning when …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aviation Police officers have today arrested 23 travelers who turned up at Entebbe International Airport with forged PCR COVID-19 test certificates. The suspects include 13 men and 10 women who have been detained at Aviation Police station at Entebbe International Airport. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makindye West Member of Parliament, Allan Ssewanyana, the National Unity Platform (NUP) parliamentary nominee, who was arrested on 15th October 2020 for holding an illegal procession has been released on police bond. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan spokesperson says the legislator has been instructed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 82 suspects are in police custody following joint security operations to recover police and military wear from the National Unity Platform-NUP offices and supporters, police have revealed. This comes a day after, a joint security team comprising police and the military stormed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security operations on Monday night impounded 331 motorcycles plus 211 cars and bigger vehicles for flouting the curfew. Although the curfew takes effect at 2100 hours(9pm) hours, police allowed another one hour before apprehending those still on the road at 2200 hours (10pm). …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kireka B, in Kira Municipality, have said that sex parties, akin to the one in which scores were busted over the weekend, were started by well connected and armed personnel, seeking sexual pleasures. At least 21 people were arrested during a police …
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