THIS WEEK: Senior police officer Agasiirwe denied bail Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial on Feb.12 denied Nixon Agasiirwe, the former Commander of the Police Special Operations Unit bail saying he might interfere with investigations. Agasiirwe who with eight others is accused of kidnapping and repatriating former …
Read More »Detained policeman Nixon Agasiirwe also petitions the High Court
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Jailed senior police officer Nixon Agasiirwe Karuhanga has petitioned the High Court – Civil division seeking to challenge his trial before the Court-Martial in Makindye. The former commandant of Special Operations Unit Nixon Agasirwe is facing charges of alleged kidnap of three Rwandese nationals. …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Agasiirwe’s case extended to December 18
THIS WEEK: Agasiirwe’s case extended to December 18 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hearing of the case in which former commander of the Special Operations Unit, Senior Superintendent of Police Nixon Agasiirwe together with other senior officials in the Police force are charged with kidnap of a Rwanda national …
Read More »Who is behind Uganda’s new terror gangs?
Police insiders going rogue? They call themselves the Bakijambiya (Machete gang) and they pounce in the wee hours of the night. They come with pangas, iron bars, nails on wood clubs, and big knives. They chop and clobber their victims, steal their money and portable property, and rape the women …
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