Christopher Aine, the head of Mbabazi’s campaign security team, made a surprise re-appearance on April 07 after about four months of disappearance. Aine, who was on the wanted list of the Police with a bounty of Shs 20 million on his head, had earlier been reported to have been killed …
Read More »Building collapses in Makerere, three dead
An incomplete building, referred to as Kyaseka Towers on Makerere Hill Road, Monday afternoon collapsed, burying several people. Three people are reported to have died. Police and locals are trying to rescue those buried in the rubble in the incident just outside Makerere University, close to the CBD of Kampala. …
Read More »Police hold Besigye before march
Independent Reporter and AFP REPORTS JUST IN INDICATE THAT Opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been held by the Uganda Police after he attempted to march into the city from his home in Kasangati, 14km outside Kampala. Besigye had planned to march with his supporters to the Electoral Commission to get …
Read More »Mixed reaction to newly procured Police anti-riot fleet
It was a tweet by NTV Kenya on Thursday that got Uganda Talking. Uganda-bound Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) were spotted at the G-section of the Port of Mombasa, and the photographs shared thereafter, created a buzz on social media in Kenya and Uganda. It was even a top news item …
Read More »Police on spot over brutality
By Flavia Nassaka One year after it rebranded, the force gains notoriety ‘We come in and disperse them: Violations of the right to freedom of assembly by the Ugandan police ’. This is the title of the report launched on Dec. 07 by Amnesty International, a global NGO. The report …
Read More »Museveni and Police behavior
By Jenkins Kiwanuka The officers could be victims of inferiority complexes caused by conditions under which they live and work During his annual visit to Uganda last year, a member of my family who works for a foreign police force was driving around Kampala with his wife one evening when …
Read More »Advocates against police misconduct
By Isaac K. Ssemakadde The Law Society can do more for civil society and political activists Uganda Law Society is mandated by an Act of Parliament to protect and assist members of the public in all matters pertaining to the rule of law and administration of justice in Uganda. It …
Read More »How CMI, Police spied on opposition, MPs, media houses
By Haggai Matsiko A spying operation by Uganda’s top security agencies that has since 2011 targeted and aimed to crush opponents of President Yoweri Museveni, a new report has claimed. The operation codenamed ‘Fungua Macho’ loosely translated as ‘open your eyes’ has involved planting surveillance tools in top hotels and …
Read More »FUFA Accounts Frozen by Police
The Economics Crimes Division of Uganda Police has frozen FUFA accounts over allegations of corruption. Besides Government support, it is believed FUFA received UGX 3.4 bn (US$1,050,000) from FIFA and the money cannot be accounted for. Speaking about the freezing of accounts, Director of Interpol Uganda, Assan Kasingye said; “The …
Read More »Muslim Teen in U.S Arrested By Police
A Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed was arrested because he created a clock and took it to school to show off to teachers and friends. The prejudiced school administration handed him to police. The school authorities noted that they suspected the 14 year old could have been carrying a bomb and …
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