Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces UPDF have recovered two illegal guns and dozens of ammunition in a cordon and search operation conducted in Rikitai Sub County, Kotido district. The search was conducted in the kraals of Naregai village when UPDF followed cattle raiders who …
Read More »Police, military recovered 60 guns used to kill 270 people in 2020 – Report
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 60 guns suspected to have been used to kill 270 people last year were recovered from thugs according to annual crime report. Criminal Investigations Directorate, in its crime report shows murder by shooting increased by 37.5 percent in 2020. Assistant Inspector General …
Read More »150 guns recovered in Karamoja in 2020 – UPDF
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of guns recovered in the Karamoja sub-region increased in 2020. The Uganda Peoples Defense Force- UPDF 3rd Division recovered 150 illegal guns in the hands of civilians across the nine districts of Karamoja. This is almost twice, the number of guns recovered in 2019 …
Read More »Flying Squad recovers 23 guns from thugs
Flying Squad indicates that some criminals hired guns from police personnel Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A report compiled by the Flying Squad has revealed that 23 guns belonging to police and military were recovered from thugs last year. The report compiled by Flying Squad commander Godwin Turamye, which URN …
Read More »UPDF retain guns, ammunition captured from South Sudan bandits
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has turned down a request by the South Sudan government officials to hand over guns and ammunition captured from suspected South Sudan bandits. During a bilateral security meeting held at Orom sub-county headquarters in Kitgum district on Tuesday, the South Sudan …
Read More »Gen Sabiiti boasts of recovering 300 guns, dismantling 28 criminal gangs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj Gen Stephen Sabiiti Muzeyi who yesterday handed over the office of deputy Inspector General of Police, has cited dismantling criminal gangs and recovering 304 guns as some of his major achievements in his nearly three years tenure. Sabiiti was last week dropped by President …
Read More »Uganda prisons not surprised inmates escaped with guns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons has said they were not surprised that inmates who escaped from Singila government prison in Moroto district ran away with guns. On Wednesday, 219 inmates overpowered two prison guards who had gone to serve them supper and escaped from custody. However, …
Read More »Minister Rukutana remanded until next week
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Labor Mwesigwa Rukutana has been remanded until September 15. The Ntungamo Chief Magistrate court has remanded him to Kyamugorani Prison in Mbarara district after he was charged with seven offences related to attempted murder, assault, malicious damage, and threatening violence. Rukutana …
Read More »Security agencies recovered 300 guns from thugs in two years
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A review of Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID approach to violent crime shows 304 guns have been recovered from thugs over the last two years. 167 guns were recovered in 2018 while 137 others were recovered last year, according to data released by the CID …
Read More »U.S. record gun sales continue in historic uncertain times
Denver, US | XINHUA | Americans are arming themselves to the teeth like never before. The number of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks — the barometer of Americans buying guns — hit another record in July when 3.6 million Americans were loaded up. Since 1998, the FBI’s National Instant …
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