Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Chief Magistrate was behind the steering wheel of a Toyota Rav4 registration number UAS 597U that allegedly knocked and caused the death of traffic Police Constable Innocent Ayesigye in Seeta. Ayesigye succumbed to accident injuries on Tuesday morning at Rubaga hospital. The police leadership …
Read More »Dozens of boda-bodas impounded over defying Presidential directives
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies led by traffic police have today impounded dozens of boda-bodas because the riders have defied President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s directive to stop public transport for 14-days in the drive to control spread of COVID -19. On Wednesday night Museveni suspended taxis, mini- buses, …
Read More »IGP orders traffic police to probe Nabukenya’s death
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered Traffic police to conduct separate investigations into the accident that claimed the life of Ritah Nabukenya, a member of the People Power political pressure group. Nabukenya succumbed to injuries sustained in an accident in Nakawa …
Read More »Mental assessment of traffic police officers starts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police Force- UPF in partnership with Makerere University has started a mental assessment exercise for traffic police officers. The assessment started on Thursday with officers answering written and verbal questions that will be a basis of determining the magnitude of mental related concerns. …
Read More »Police express concern over increasing number of cars with no number plates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic police in Kampala Metropolitan Policing Areas has expressed worry over the increasing numberless cars. Norman Musinga, the Kampala traffic police commander, said they have now launched a crackdown on all cars without number plates including those that only have single plates. Musinga warned …
Read More »Police clears UNRA repairs on Jinja highway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Traffic police have cleared Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to proceed with road repairs on the Jinja highway. UNRA spokesperson, Mark Ssali, said the road repairs will start from Spears Motors junction in Nakawa Division in Kampala to Mukono Municipality. Ssali said the 3.5km …
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