Tag Archives: police

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in the Rwenzori West region has partnered with International Justice Mission–IJM to pilot the digital storage of case files. For several years, police have been trying to migrate from the tiresome and challenging system of storing hard copy files of cases to …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Lamwo district has arrested three suspects in connection to the death of their biological brother. The suspects identified as Thomas Bongomin 29, Wilson Lutare Salaama 36, and Willy Okot 46, were arrested on Tuesday evening after their brother identified as Geoffrey Okane …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force -UPF has come out to warn the general public against threats and plans of holding riots, that they say they have information about. “We have received information from credible sources that a section of opposition politicians are planning nationwide violent demonstrations and riots …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Media houses and a section of politicians continue to pour cold water on security agencies in relation to the numerous arrests of different people across country. These groups of people are majorly concerned with the modus operandi of the whole operation. Maybe be they have some …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Lamwo district have arrested five suspects for attempting to illegally ferry 48 children to work as casual laborers in commercial sugarcane plantations in Bunyoro and Busoga regions. The suspects were arrested on Wednesday evening from Agoro sub-county after police intercepted their truck, …

Kapelebyong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kapelebyong Police are hunting for two men accused of hacking to death a retired headteacher. The suspects are Simon Okitoi and Robert Eloket, both residents of Acanga village in Acowa sub-county in Kapelebyong district. They are wanted for hacking to death 64-year-old Joseph Ojakala on …

Kakumiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Kakumiro are holding three suspects for allegedly strangling to death a boda boda rider before robbing his motorcycle. The suspects whose particulars have been concealed by police for fear of jeopardizing police investigations are accused of waylaying Adam Baguma 20, a boda boda …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Hoima is holding a Private security guard for allegedly stealing a gun.    The suspect is Innocent Okot, attached to Saracen Security Company Limited, Hoima branch.    He reportedly disappeared with the Company gun registration number SAR 12116651/06277 with five rounds of ammunition …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is strict enforcement of the nighttime curfew in Amuru district to get rid of criminal gangs from major trading centers. For a week now, police officers backed by the military start enforcing the curfew as early as 7:00 pm and stop at 06:00 am. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The special investigations Division SID has in custody four people believed to have executed a robbery of €100,000 (about 250million shillings) from a city businessman in Kampala. CID spokesperson Charles Twine said the four suspects riding on 4 motorcycles targeted Kannankutty Krisnamoham an Indian national …