Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Relatives of the four Kaweesi suspects who were recently arrested by security operatives, after being granted bail by Nakawa Magistrates Court, have asked the High Court in Kampala to issue a writ of habeas corpus. This would compel government to produce them. Through their lawyer Anthony …
Read More »Senior police officers accept trial before the Army Court
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Seven Senior Police Officers have been charged before the Army Court in Makindye with kidnap of two people. These had refused to plead to the said charges last month saying the General Court Martial had no jurisdiction to try their case, and were then remanded …
Read More »Businessman Ssebuufu’s co-accused get bail
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Another three of the seven accused in the case of the murder of Kampala businesswoman Donah Betty Katushabe have been granted bail Friday. Although five had applied for bail before the High Court in Kampala citing the prosecutors strike that has continued to violate their constitutional …
Read More »Four dead in UK air crash
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Four people were killed Friday when an aircraft and a helicopter collided in Buckinghamshire, south England, local police said. Two people were killed in each aircraft, which came down in woods near Waddesdon Estate, near Aylesbury, according to Thames Valley Police said. Police chief …
Read More »Six Police officers charged over exhibit theft
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Six senior police officers who were arrested two weeks ago for stealing exhibits, have been arraigned before Entebbe Magistrate court on charges of destroying evidence. The former Senior Commandant Aviation Police Lodovic Awita, Senior Superintendent of Police Imoly Nantalis, AIP Micheal Ssemuwemba, Sgt David Owiny …
Read More »Brig. Gen. Kasirye Gwanga sued over a tractor
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A Business man has dragged Brig.Gen. Kasirye Gwanga to the High Court in Kampala, demanding payment of over 500 million shillings worth his tractor wheel loader, that he(Kasirye Gwanga ) set ablaze on the morning of August 12, 2017 at Lubowa in Makindye Division. Dennis …
Read More »POLICE: From Kasingye to Kayima
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Senior Superintendent of Police Emilian Kayima has been appointed Police spokesperson, replacing AIGP Asan Kasingye. Kasingye, a long serving Director of Interpol and International relations in Uganda Police was doubling as the chief political commissar. He will now concentrate on one job. This change is …
Read More »Russia cuts university year for World Cup security
Moscow, Russia | AFP | The Russian government said Friday it was shortening the academic year at universities in some cities hosting the 2018 World Cup to make room in dormitories for police. The decision drew protests from the country’s largest student union and underscored the concern Russia devotes to …
Read More »Drama after Kaweesi murder suspects released on bail
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Nakawa Court Grade One magistrate Noah Sajjabi has released on bail seven of the 22 suspected to be behind the murder of former AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi and two others. Reports however indicate that two of the suspects were later re-arrested by security operatives. …
Read More »Journalists charged in defemation case by Kayihura
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Journalists from the Investigator Online Publication have been charged before the Kampala City Hall Magistrate Court with libel and offensive communication against the Inspector General of Police General Kale Kayihura. Stanley Ndawula and Robert Ndawula appeared before Grade one Magistrate Beatrice Khainza and …
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