Tag Archives: police

By Ian Katusiime Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) released its annual report on April 10 at Imperial Royale Hotel where it sharply criticised the Police for its brutality and crack down on demonstrations and illegal detention of suspects beyond the stipulated 48 hours. Complaints on the right to personal liberty …

By Jude Kagoro Re-interpreting the Uganda Police Force In the course of a six-month pre-field work preparation phase for research on the police practices in Uganda, I sat in my office at Bremen University in Germany reviewing articles on the force in the major Ugandan newspapers. In sum, the newspapers …

By Tracy Gwambe Police in Uganda is still the worst torturer of journalists, the 2012 Press Freedom Index launched in Kampala on Feb.6 said. The index prepared by Human Rights Network for Journalists Uganda (HRJN-Uganda) shows that in 2012 alone, the police made 42 attacks against journalists out of the …

By Aloysious Kasoma Police has rescued two South African citizens from their captors in Butabika, a Kampala suburb. According to Police, the victims have been identified as Dedre Audrey and Willem Jacobus Benjamin. Police Spokesperson Vicent Ssekate told the Independent that the hostages were convinced by the Member of Parliament …

By Aloysious Kasoma Over 184 Tourism Police Officers completed a one month course in tourism security at Police Training School, Kabalye, Masindi on Friday. The Officers were passed out by the Inspector General of Police, Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura who advised them to be on alert for terrorist activities in …

By Sarah Namulondo The Uganda police and prisons officers on Friday sent 476 participants to take part in firefighting course for 12 weeks at Prisons Staff College in Luzira. The course which is aimed at enhancing capacity in fire fighting was officially launched by the Director Special Forces Andrew Sorowen. …

By Julius Odeke Following the death of Hon Cerinah Nebanda (RIP) on the 14th December 2012, the Special Investigations Unit of CID was assigned to undertake the investigation into the death.  The case file number is Kabalagala CRB 3618/2012. The following are the objectives of the investigation: To establish the …

By Ronald Musoke The Police has come out to explain the circumstances under which the private pathologist who was tasked to do further tests on the late MP Cerinah Nebanda’s body to ascertain her exact cause of death was arrested at Entebbe Airport and detained. Cerinah Nebanda was until her …

By Ronald Musoke Police in Masaka Municipality has halted the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) ‘celebrations’ of President Museveni’s ‘75th birthday’ which they say falls on Dec. 4. Reports from Masaka say by 6:00AM Police had cordoned off the Mayor’s Gardens and all adjacent streets as they anticipated the youth to …

By Ronald Musoke Norbert Mao, the Democratic Party president has protested last week’s police invasion of the party headquarters at City House in Kampala which also involved the arbitrary arrest of members of the Uganda Young Democrats, the party’s youth wing. In a letter dated Nov. 28 sent to the …