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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | An explosion wounded at least one person in central Nairobi on Saturday, a police source said, with the Kenyan capital still on edge nearly two weeks after a jihadist attack that killed 21 people. The wounded person was one of the street-cart vendors who sell …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan police on Thursday announced the expulsion of another foreigner working for telecom giant MTN, following the deportation earlier this week of two of the company’s expatriate staff. MTN Uganda’s general manager for mobile money Elsa Mussolini, an Italian citizen, was forced out of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has shot three suspected robbers in Kireka- Bira Village in Wakiso District. The trio was gunned down at 2am this morning while trying to rob the home of Godfrey Atukwatse. Police was called by Atukwatse’s neighbors when they saw six men armed with machetes …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Herbert Muhangi, the former commandant of the Police Flying Squad Unit has applied for bail. Muhangi asked the General Court martial chaired by Lt General Andrew Gutti on Tuesday through his lawyer, Captain Charles Ssekayita that he should be released from military custody to seek medication …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga and his deputy Polly Namaye are once again occupying the office they shared back in 2016 before being sent for refresher courses. The handover off office from the old to the new team happened this week. They got their positions …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police have blocked the National Juma special prayers that were scheduled to take place on Friday at Kololo ceremonial grounds. The prayers which were organised by MPs Mohammed Nsereko of Kampala Central and Latif Ssebagala, Kawempe North were to pray for …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in the greater Masaka sub-region have extended an operation against quack traditional healers in the area. In November last year, AIGP Asan Kasingye; the Director in charge Community Policing launched a special operation in Lwengo district, to clamp down on the increasing cases of murders …

Algiers, Algeria | AFP | More than 300 people were injured in football-related violence during the first four months of Algeria’s football season, with hundreds arrested, police said on Sunday. Algeria has for years seen nearly weekly violence at football stadiums between supporters, while police and players have also been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is panic among police officers over the delayed transmission of a transfer list of more than 140 police officers. The transfer list which was released on Saturday has been in the communication room without being transmitted. The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has petitioned the Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola, asking him to recall Kituuma Rusoke, the head of the Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA law enforcement team. In a November 8th, 2019 letter to Ochola, Lukwago indicates that …