Tag Archives: Charles Twine

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID have recovered Shillings 600 milllion believed to have been siphoned from the Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation-UPPC. The money is part of the Shillings 3 billion embezzled from the government-owned corporation through a fictitious Commission agent. CID Spokesperson Charles Twine says that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan Police has said they are in talks with Kenyan authorities for the release of nine arrested Ugandans who were being trafficked through Jomo-Kenyatta International Airport. The Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID spokesperson Charles Twine said that nine Ugandans were arrested at the airport for holding passports …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Grace Akullo, the Director of Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID has dispatched a team of investigators to probe the root cause of the resurgence of the mysterious killings in greater Masaka areas. The latest victim of the mysterious killings is sixty-year-old Anent Nampijja Muwangaza, a resident of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Department has identified cases of fraud and forgeries by managers of saving schemes that were meant to benefit from the teachers revolving fund. These were unearthed as part of the investigations into the embezzlement of 11 out of the 25 billion Shillings …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate is hunting for more than 70 teachers accused of swindling money released by the government for teacher’s Savings and Credit Cooperation Organisations- Saccos. In an effort to boost the welfare of teachers following numerous strikes over poor pay, President Yoweri Museveni …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko is still held at Jinja road police station days after he was deported back to Uganda from Japan. 20 year-old Ssekitoleko was on Friday deported from Japan where he was driven from Entebbe and ended up in the Jinja road police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Special Investigations Unit-SIU is detaining ten suspects on allegations of vandalizing the telecom masts in various parts of the country. Charles Twine, the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID spokesperson has identified the suspects as Martha Namukasa aged 30, Annet Nakkazi aged 54, Clare Namatovu aged 25, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are hunting down a group of ten suspected thugs who reportedly broke into a house and robbed its Chinese occupants of more than 200 million shillings. Charles Twine, the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID spokesperson said the thugs broke into the house located in Kisingiri zone, …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The results of the postmortem done on the body of the late Kayunga district LC V chairperson Ffefeka Sserubogo suggested he committed suicide. The postmortem report was conducted at Mulago hospital by three senior surgeons and one independent doctor provided by the family. It was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two suspects are in police custody for attempting to rob over Shillings 200 million from employees of LOMS Forex Bureau on Titanic plaza. Charles Twine, the spokesperson of the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID identifies the suspects as Umar Kakooza, a boda boda rider and resident of …