Tag Archives: Samson Kasasira

Ntungamo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Ntungamo police have arrested 400 people believed to have been ferried into the municipality to participate in the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primary elections. The suspects were picked up in an operation that was conducted on Sunday night and this morning in different parts of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The State Minister for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana has been taken back to Ntungamo from Mbarara central police station, where he had been detained since Saturday.  Rukutana was arrested with three of his bodyguards from his home in Ruyonza, Rubaare Sub County for allegedly shooting and …

Isingiro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A police patrol has knocked dead two people riding on a motorcycle in Isingiro district. The deceased have been identified as Alex Katutsi, a Boda boda rider and resident of Kitura cell Kagarama Sub County and Moses Tukundana, the Director Global Vocational Institute Isingiro. The …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Mbarara have arrested two pastors of Source of Healing Church for conducting a church service contrary to the COVID-19 guidelines. Following the confirmation of COVID19 cases in Uganda, President, Yoweri Museveni ordered all places of worship closed to ensure social distancing to avoid …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Presidential aspirant, Ambrose Kyomukama is in police custody in Mbarara district. He was picked up together with two others from Kizungu Market cell in Nyamityobora ward in Kakoba division Mbarara City around 6pm on Monday for allegedly staging unlawful assembly. The other suspects are Maxon …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police have stormed the residence of Mbarara City Works Secretary, Muzamil Ssekajja for alleged possession of government stores. The property includes a street light and pavers believed to have been procured underthe Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development-USMID project. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Charles Kyazze, the Officer in Charge of Katete police post in Mbarara district is being probed over allegations of extorting money from people accused of defying the night time curfew. The officer is being implicated by residents and local leaders in Katete trading center …

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 …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has impounded eight motor vehicles in Mbarara that were coming from border districts. The operation carried out on Thursday night intercepted the vehicles that were using porous routes in order to beat the traffic check points. The motor vehicles were impounded at remote …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Mbarara is stranded with a body of unidentified man believed to be in his 20s. The body was retrieved from River Rwizi at Katera cell, Ruti ward, Nyamitanga division, Mbarara municipality on Saturday evening. According to Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson …