Three journalists nursing Wounds as Police Battle NUP Supporters Masaka, Uganda | URN & THE INDEPENDENT | Hours after the Electoral Commission suspended political rallies in over a dozen districts including Masaka, Police has had running battles with National Unity Platform – NUP supporters in Kyabakuza in Masaka District on …
Read More »Police suspends selling fuel in jerry cans
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda police Force- UPF have suspended selling and buying of fuel in jerry-cans at all pumps until the end of elections. They say this is to curtail acts of making petrol bombs in the anticipated riots. This follows the protests that took place 2 …
Read More »UGANDA POLICE: 28 dead, 577 arrested
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police has come out with a statement following this week’s unrest across the country, revealing that 28 people were killed and 577 suspects arrested. Police say the protests mainly in the city Kampala, were planned by criminals. The protests started soon after presidential …
Read More »POLICE: No signatures or cash were confiscated in NUP office siege
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The items that were confiscated during the police siege on the offices of the National Unity Platform early this week, did not contain any money or even signatures of people endorsing Robert Kyagulanyi for the Presidency, Police have said. Police says that the operation …
Read More »Police plans fresh training for private security guards
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force is to conduct training of all security guards in the country. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga says that the Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered the director in charge of private security guards and civilian firearms to immediately …
Read More »COVID-19: Police disperse 1000 at funeral rites in Tororo
• 1000 dispersed at Tororo funeral rites • 6 people who dodged the quarantine in Entebbe were traced in Masaka • 13 Congolese nationals arrested for illegal entry, under quarantine • 9 Tanzanians repatriated after entry through Mwanza • 80 Ugandans from Rwanda under quarantine in Kisoro • 14 bar …
Read More »Outlawing political meetings in homes
That’s stupidity, say Opposition but experts blame the law Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Opposition politicians and human rights activists are concerned about a recent directive by police to its district and division police commanders to ensure that all political meetings being held in private homes get dispersed. The …
Read More »Ugandan media in crisis
Recent protest against police attacks exposes weakness within Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Polly Namaye, the deputy spokesperson of the Uganda Police Force, on Oct. 31 walked into the offices of the Uganda National Examinations Board. The exam body was holding a press conference to explain preparations for the …
Read More »JANET MUSEVENI: Corruption the root of Makerere’s problems
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni has said growing corruption in society has manifested itself in the current student problems at Makerere University. She asked students especially to desist from being used corruptly. “I advise them to desist from being used …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Zigy Wyne death
Bobi Wine, police and Kiwani 2021 Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE |“Kiwani” in Kampala street-speak means “something fake.” Musician Bobi Wine coined the word in 2007 as the title of his song that won that year’s award for best Afro beat single. Twelve years later, Bobi Wine (real name Robert …
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