Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda army and Police have briefed the media on ongoing security operations that have culminated with recent arrests of leaders of the notorious Kifeesi criminal group, and that of the Boda Boda 2010 militia. The army’s deputy spokesperson Lt Col Deo Akiiki and Police …
Read More »Dramatic week ends with CMI targeting Kitata’s Boda Boda 2010
Dramatic week ends with CMI targeting Kitata group Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Just five days after leaders of another group suspected to be involved in crime in Kampala – Kifeesi – was raided, and released, focus has turned to the notorious Boda Boda 2010. Operatives of the Chieftaincy …
Read More »Sudan police fire tear gas as protesters march against price rises
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | About 200 protesters marched Wednesday in the Sudanese capital’s twin city of Omdurman against rising food prices, with anti-riot police firing tear gas to disperse the rally. Prices of food items but mainly bread have surged in past weeks across Sudan after a jump in …
Read More »Ssobi, other Kifeesi bosses released on bond
Ssobi, other Kifeesi bosses released on police bond Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two days after his arrest, notorious Kifeesi criminal gang leader Paddy Sserunjogi aka Ssobi, who police said has been on their “most wanted” list, has been released on bond. “We have released Paddy Sserunjogi and two other …
Read More »DPP drops murder charges against former DPC Baguma
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mike Chibita has withdrawn murder, robbery and kidnap charges against former Kampala Central Police Station DPC Aaron Baguma. In a letter dated December 21, 2017 presented by State Attorney Alex Ojok before High Court judge Flavia Ssenoga on …
Read More »Detained policeman Nixon Agasiirwe also petitions the High Court
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Jailed senior police officer Nixon Agasiirwe Karuhanga has petitioned the High Court – Civil division seeking to challenge his trial before the Court-Martial in Makindye. The former commandant of Special Operations Unit Nixon Agasirwe is facing charges of alleged kidnap of three Rwandese nationals. …
Read More »Jailed Police Commissioner runs to High Court for bail
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Jailed senior police officer Joel Aguma has petitioned the High court’s Criminal Division challenging the decision by the Army Court in Makindye to decline to grant him bail on charges of kidnap. Aguma was in October Last year charged jointly with eight other security …
Read More »Four killed in London New Year knife violence: police
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Four young men were stabbed to death in unrelated incidents in London on New Year’s Eve, while a fifth is in a critical condition in hospital, police said Monday. The unusually concentrated spate of violence will add to growing concerns about knife crime in the …
Read More »Rwandans charged with ‘terrorism’, held in Nalufenya
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda has charged 45 Rwandans with terrorism following their arrest at the border with Tanzania earlier this month, a police spokesman said Friday. “We arrested 43 Rwandan suspects at the border with Tanzania on December 11. On further investigations two other suspects were arrested,” police …
Read More »YEAR ENDER REVIEW: CMI arrests police
YEAR IN REVIEW: October 2017 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Oct.24: Two senior commanders in the Uganda Police Force are arrested and interrogated, and detained by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) causing panic and tension in the Uganda Police Force. A day later, more officers attached to the …
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