Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Buliisa are holding three suspects on allegations of stealing fuel from China Chongqing International Construction Company Limited-CICO. CICO is undertaking the tarmacking of Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko road. The suspects have been identified as Abudallah Mansur, Swalleh Adam and Rasul Maliamungu, all residents of Arua district. …
Read More »Police officers in Kikuube under investigation over fuel theft
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Senior police officers in Kikuube district are being investigated over fuel theft. The officers whose names have been withheld for fear of jeopardizing police investigations are accused of participating in the dubious fuel deals. They are alleged to be conniving with truck drivers to siphon fuel …
Read More »Police mounts search for criminal elements in fuel dealers networks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga East police have embarked on a crackdown to burst criminals within the fuel dealers network along the eastern corridor highways. The joint security team comprising of the army and police have concentrated their operations on the main bases of fuel dealers in Busesa, Magamaga …
Read More »Fuel siphoning frustrates efforts to minimize contact between truck drivers, highway communities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The practice of siphoning fuel from trucks has frustrated efforts to minimise contact between youths and truck drivers along highways in Busoga region exposing them to Covid 19 infection. Despite the fact that the Works and Transport Ministry directed that all transit trucks park …
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