Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is forced to interfere in the operations of Civil Society Organisations-CSOs because their activities are suspicious. Speaking on Wednesday at the launch of a book titled, Civil Society in Uganda at Hotel Africana, the Minister for Internal Affairs Jeje Odongo said that the level …
Read More »Gov’t not aware of 365 missing persons on NUP’s list
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs Jeje Odongo has said that Government does not know the whereabouts of the 365 people of the 423 presented as missing by the National Unity Platform (NUP). Odongo was presenting to Parliament a statement on missing persons where he noted that out …
Read More »Security to intensify patrols on water bodies to reduce human trafficking
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through its security agencies will intensify water and land border patrols in a bid to curtail human trafficking and illegal entry. Minister for Internal Affairs, Gen Jeje Odongo, said Uganda has over 300 porous border points including water bodies where security needs …
Read More »Alleged “anti-gov’t” American arrested in Fort Portal
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The arrest of US national, Guy Smith, from Fort Portal Tourism City has become one of the latest by security agencies who say they are cracking down on subversive crimes in the country. In a statement posted on Twitter by the Police Spokesperson, Fred …
Read More »Hope fades for relatives of missing persons in Kyotera
📌 GOVT LIST OF ‘MISSING PERSONS’ ➡ TOTAL 177 ➡ 168 remanded at Makindye ➡ 2 Referred to Jinja Rd Police station ➡ 6 already released on bond ➡ 1 arraigned before UDC ✳ 43 arrested for rioting ✳ 156 possession of military stores ✳ 17 meeting to plan violence ✳ 6 already released on bond Kyotera, Uganda | THE …
Read More »Jeje briefs parliament, lists only 177 ‘missing persons’
📌 GOVT LIST OF ‘MISSING PERSONS’ ➡ TOTAL 177 ➡ 168 remanded at Makindye ➡ 2 Referred to Jinja Rd Police station ➡ 6 already released on bond ➡ 1 arraigned before UDC ✳ 43 arrested for rioting ✳ 156 possession of military stores ✳ 17 meeting to plan violence …
Read More »Gov’t fails to table list of abduction victims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has allowed individual members of parliament to present lists of missing people from their constituencies. She made the decision after the Internal Affairs Minister; Gen. Jeje Odongo failed to show up to present the list of people in state …
Read More »Minister Odongo will release list of missing persons -Police
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police force-UPF has said that the list of missing persons will be released by the Internal Affairs Minister General JeJe-Odongo to Parliament any time. Recently, President Museveni said that there is no person who was missing but thay had rather been arrested by …
Read More »Parliament directs Internal Affairs minister to release list of abducted Ugandans
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo to table before the House the list of abducted people whose whereabouts remain unknown. Kadaga gave Odongo a Thursday ultimatum following queries from a section of Members of Parliament …
Read More »GEN JEJE ODONGO: Buganda is not being targeted
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo has told parliament that government cannot trace 31 of the 44 who have allegedly been kidnapped in the country in the past month. He said seven of the cases he has investigated were not kidnapped but …
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