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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Close to 100 boda boda riders and passengers are in custody at different Kampala metropolitan police stations for defying presidential directives. The riders and passengers were arrested from different places for defying President’s directive that boda boda’s should not carry passengers as as way …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A 29-year old man has been arrested in Hoima district for impersonating the police.   The suspect Benard Karubanga, is a resident of Kiryatete, a Hoima town suburb in Kahoora division, Hoima Municipality.  Karubanga was arrested on Friday evening in Kiryatete following numerous complaints from members …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Hoima has arrested one of the suspected thugs who have reportedly been stealing motorcycles from Hoima Central Police Station. The suspect has been identified as Johnson Tumuramye, 30, a resident of Kijungu cell in Hoima Municipality. It is alleged that Tumuramye together with …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Katwe Kabatooro Town Council, in Kasese district, is holding two men who were found in possession of contaminated meat. The head of the Veterinary Department at the district Geoffrey Kalule says that the meat tested positive for anthrax which poses a threat to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Entebbe Police are holding two suspected thugs who have been terrorizing mobile money agents around Kampala.  The Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire identifies the suspects as Hussein Umar and Akasah Faizo. The duo was arrested on Monday for attempting to rob James Ongom, …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Mbarara has arrested 25 taxi touts for defying presidential directives. Following the suspension of public transport over Covid-19, President Museveni banned touts from the parks as a measure of curtailing the spread of the virus.  The touts were arrested in an operation conducted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala are holding a man accused of masquerading as a medical doctor from Mulago National Referral Hospital to extort money from patients at Kawempe Referral hospital. Acleo Byamukama was arrested on Tuesday morning in a joint security operation involving detectives from the Statehouse …

Los Angeles, United States, | AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |   A man was shot dead and another seriously injured Saturday in a police-free autonomous zone created by protesters in the US city of Seattle, where officers were prevented from accessing the victims, officials said. The area, set up as part …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police have cordoned off Universal Apostles’ Fellowship Church of Righteousness-UAFCR premises in Jinja district following reports that members of the church had convened for prayers in contravention of a ban on public gatherings. Churches across the country have remained closed since March 18, following a …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Jinja is investigating the death of a yet to be identified man, whose body was f abandoned in a house located on plot 76 along Mvule village, in Jinja central division. The body, with a deep cut on the neck, was found lying …