Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two fishermen have lost their hands during operations mounted by officers attached to the Fisheries Protection Unit in Bugonga, a suburb of Entebbe Municipality. The victims have been identified as Tonny Mawejja and Kamada Mutebi. The fishermen were found leaving their fishing grounds in Bussi …
Read More »Retired SCP Odongpiny speaks out about his time as police court chairman
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Retired Senior Police Commissioner – SCP Dennis Odongpiny, has spoken out about the challenges he encountered when he served as Police Court Chairman. For over three years as Police Court Chairman, Odongpiny tried more than 500 junior an senior police colleagues accused of engaging in …
Read More »UPDF, police to deploy aircraft to fight cattle raids in Karamoja
Karamoja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and the army have resolved to deploy aircraft to fight the escalating cattle raids in Karamoja sub-region. This is contained in a joint statement issued by Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga this morning. Enanga notes that the army and Police resolved to use aircraft as …
Read More »Police arrests 18 suspected drug dealers, smokers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 18 people have been arrested in a police swoop against suspected drug dealers and abusers in various parts of Kampala. The Monday morning operation was conducted by crime intelligence teams from Jinja Road Police Division backed by police officers from Kyambogo, Banda and …
Read More »Police hunt for businessman Ssonko over worker’s death
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Old Kampala have launched a hunt for a businessman, Robert Ssonko after one of his workers died in an underground water well. Ssonko, a resident of Lungujja, Rubaga Division, in Kampala is reportedly on the run to explain how Majid Mubiru died in …
Read More »Two health workers on the spot over drug theft
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Namayingo district are searching for two clinical officers attached to Buyinjja health center IV over alleged theft of government drugs. The two suspects William Otheino and Cyrus Okuku have since fled their homes located in Buyinjja trading center. On Saturday the Namayingo …
Read More »Entebbe police struggling to arrest ‘Swagg Attackers’ gang
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Entebbe is struggling to arrest youths under a peer group “swag attackers” which had been listed as one of those terrorizing residents of Nakiwogo, Lugonjo, and Kitooro in Entebbe Division A. The swag attackers are reportedly responsible for an attack that claimed …
Read More »Outcry in Guinea over police ‘human shield’ video
Conakry, Guinea | AFP | Police in the West African state of Guinea are facing a storm of criticism over a viral video that apparently showed them using a woman as a human shield against stone-throwing protestors. The video, whose source cannot be independently verified but whose authenticity has not been …
Read More »Lamwo NRM administrative secretary arrested for alleged extortion
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Lamwo have arrested the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party district administrative secretary for alleged extortion. David Ochieng Ocan was arrested on Wednesday by the Lamwo Resident District Commissioner James Nabinson Kidega after NRM party members petitioned his office. They alleged that Ocan received …
Read More »Masavu tycoon arrested in mobile money theft racket
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala has warned mobile money operators against the new tricks used by conmen and thugs to obtain their pin codes. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango said that cases of conmen withdrawing money from agents’ sim cards have become common and cautioned operators …
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