Doreen Tashobya, together with the boda-boda rider who was reported to be her brother, were crashed by a tipper that rammed into them in Entebbe on Tuesday morning. It is the second boda-boda accident that has shocked the nation in the past fortnight. Early this month, tweeps were left …
Read More »Clerics Murder: IGP Kayihura on the Spot in bribery allegations
NBS: The high court of the international crimes division has today kicked off the hearing of the case in which 32 people including top Muslim clerics are accused of terrorism, murder and attempted murder among other charges. Opening the hearing, the defense team put the Inspector General of Police Gen …
Read More »POLICE: Car thefts in Kampala up again
Uganda Police has registered increased cases of car thefts in the outskirts of Kampala in the past month and has called for public vigilance. Police identified Najjera, Kiwatule, Kisasi, Bahai, Lukuli- Nanganda, Namasuba Upper Hill, Kibuye- Ggaba, Kigoowa and Kigoowa as high risk areas. According to police press officer Fred …
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One of the temporary inconveniences that are making branding Uganda more complicated Amos Wekesa, arguably the face of Uganda’s tourism industry and self-confessed ‘brand ambassador’ for the country, rarely, if ever, makes negative comments about his country in public. He travels around the world marketing the country in his ‘I’m …
Read More »Kayihura reassures Uganda on safety
Following a Sunday night attack on Gulu central police station by yet unknown assailants, IGP Kale Kayihura has reassured the country of safety. Addressing the press at the media weekly media briefing at the Police headquarters in Naguru, Kayihura said, “despite the attacks, we wish to assure all Ugandans that …
Read More »UPDF: “Gulu situation back to normal”
Gunfire rocked Gulu Sunday night for close to an hour, and when calm returned, the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesman Paddy Ankunda announced the “situation back to normal.” Initial reports indicated an attack on an army barracks, while another talked of an army rebellion. Ankunda @defenceuganda, brought an end …
Read More »UPDF confirms soldiers, MP held over Uganda ‘coup plot’
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | At least 30 people with suspected ties to a shadowy rebel outfit have been arrested in Uganda over an alleged plot to topple President Yoweri Museveni, the army said Friday. The detainees include serving soldiers and a senior opposition lawmaker and are “linked to a …
Read More »Iganga group selling stolen mosquito nets to fishermen arrested
The Uganda Health Monitoring Unit on June 4 and 6 captured six people in Iganga district involved in selling mosquito nets meant for free distribution. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango, the operation was initiated after it was discovered that government had lost several nets. The nets, after …
Read More »Police and the case of FDC
History shows that muting people’s voices, through suppressive actions, can boomerang COMMENT: By Bonnie Agea The simmering unrest between the Uganda police and the opposition Forum for democratic change over the recent presidential elections results points to a much bigger problem in our egalitarian society. In a democratic society, public …
Read More »Acquitted terror suspects re-arrested, face fresh charges
The five suspects, acquitted in the 2010 bombing trial, have been re-arresed over fresh allegations. The five, Omar Awadhi Omar, Mohammad Hamid Suleiman alias Abu Zainab, Abubakaer Batemyeto, Dr Ismail Kalule and Yahaya Suleiman Mbuthia, while at Luzira Upper prisons, allegedly created documents and materials connected with preparations to facilitate, …
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