Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five employees of GM Sugar Ltd are in custody at Kamuli central police station for the alleged robbery of Shillings 95 Million from the cashier, Kobil Goswami on 26th November 2022. The suspects are Moses Kirya, Alex Waibale, Malicana Kirya, Adam Baliruno and Painedo Ojole. …
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Police bosses nabbed while reportedly celebrating robbery in a bar Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, has lauded Corporal Obbo, the Officer in Charge of Kiyunga police post in Kamuli district, for arresting two of his seniors who have been accused of …
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Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Isingiro police are holding three suspects and hunting another for aggravated robbery. Those in custody are Joram Nkurunziza Kutesa, Bashir Bukenya, and Hassan Kakungulu Mulangira while the one on the run is Denis Twinamatsiko. The suspects are accused of robbing 37 million Shillings from the …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Soroti have arrested five members of a criminal gang suspected of terrorizing residents in the area. Those arrested are Vincent Opolon, 68, Ronald Kato, 45, Isaac Opolon, 22, Peter Eyamu, 44, and Justine Opali. The group was arrested following the robbery of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man who was found with hundreds of National Identity Cards during an operation against wetland encroachers in Lubigi has been linked to a case of aggravated robbery registered in Kibuku district in 2018. The suspect identified as Hakim Terwane, was arrested by the National …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Multiple violent robbery suspect Charles Olim commonly known as Sipapa together with his wife Shamirah Nakiyemba have hired new lawyers to represent them in the case in which they are accused of aggravated robbery. The lawyers from Wameli and Company Advocates led by Geoffrey …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF have joined the hunt for men in military uniform who were captured on camera kidnapping a Pakistan National in Kireka. Rafik Khan, who was dumped in Kasangalabi along Kayunga-Mukono road, opened a case of abduction and robbery at Kireka police station …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing businessman Charles Olimu aka Sipapa together with his wife Shamirah Nakiyemba on charges of aggravated robbery have withdrawn alleging failure by their client to pay legal fees. Sipapa and Nakiyemba are currently in Luzira prison after they appeared before Makindye Chief Magistrates Court three …
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Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has died while two others are nursing critical injuries sustained in a robbery at Petro city station in Bukedea on Sunday night. Information from the police indicates that the attackers first snatched a gun from the security guard deployed at the petrol station and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makindye Magistrates Court has declined to release Shamirah Nakiyemba, the wife of businessman Charles Olim commonly known as Sipapa who wanted to be released temporarily on charges of aggravated robbery. Sipapa and Nakiyemba were on Monday produced in Court to be updated on …
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