By Independent Team Murder of a waiter at popular night spot exposes the police, NEMA, and KCCA Mary Mugyenyi, the former MP for Nyabushozi County in President Yoweri Museveni’s Kiruhura district had a big money deal. She was selling land for Shs 275 million. The buyer was the dashing socialite, …
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By Ronald Musoke The Uganda Law Society has labeled the Police’s raid on the premises of M/S O.N Osinde and Co Advocates on Nov. 13 “discourteous and unwarranted.” The body which brings together all practicing lawyers in Uganda called the action “an attack on the decency of the legal profession …
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Kampala, Uganda | Aloysious Kasoma | Police has announced that it has started the search for property belonging to pension scam suspects to obtain information regarding the ownership of property. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Idi Bin Ssenkumbi they started extensive search and deployed police personnel to carry out the search …
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In its second day, the civil society’s demonstration to mourn corruption was interrupted by police. Kampala, Uganda | Joan Akello | The Civil Society fraternity has organized activities in the weeks to the anti-corruption week in December, beginning with: A Week of Mourning 12th-16th November 2012. It will include closure of offices …
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By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Democratic Party has demanded Police to return sixty five million shillings of seventy million shillings alleged given to them by Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) for security during the Zambia and Uganda foiled nation qualifier on 13th October. The party Spokesperson Jude Mbabali said during their …
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By Julius Odeke Police and other security organs have for the last four days introduced a new system that has been reffered to as by the FDC members as meant to stop people from visiting their party leader. Philip Wafula Oguttu the FDC publicist also a legislator representing Bukholi Central …
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By Pearl Natamba Gen. Kayihura, AIP Nuwabwiine, AIP Kanyesiza cited for various abuses For all the five times I have been assaulted by police, I have never gotten the chance to see who has done so but this time around I managed to,” says Siraje Lubwama, a reporter at …
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By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi The force should seek dialogue not revenge say analysts John Michael Ariong spent his 26 years of service as an unknown policeman but his death on March 21 has thrown the whole nation into a tailspin. Ariong’s death, supposedly at the hands of civilians, was so …
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By Nathan Nandala Mafabi and Mathias Mpuuga Another example of the police working for the political interests of the NRM dictatorship rather than the security of the people We are issuing this statement on behalf of all opposition leaders and activists in order to set the record straight about the …
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By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Twaweza speaks out about its impounded `change’ calendars Uganda police could have impounded a consignment of 700,000 calendars because they have messages of “change”, a word that is apparently anathema to the force. Twaweza, the publisher of the calendars that bear photographs of politicians and celebrities, …
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