Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kikuube police are holding a man accused of stabbing his employer to death. The suspect is Jackson Tushabomwe, a resident of Bwera village in Butoole parish, Kyanagwali sub county in Kikuube district. He is accused of brutally murdering his employer John Turyamureba, a resident of …
Read More »Five perish in accident along Hoima-Masindi highway
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people have died and 20 others are nursing injuries after an accident along the Hoima-Masindi highway. The accident happened on Monday at around 10pm near Waaki bridge in Mbaarara village, Kitoba sub county, Hoima district. According to the police, a Fuso Truck registration number …
Read More »240 people arrested as police raid birthday party in Kagadi
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kagadi are holding 240 people following the weekend raid on a birthday party. Police rounded up the suspects on Saturday night in a raid on Divine guesthouse in Kagadi town. The suspects were attending a birthday party organized by Joachim Ategeka in contravention …
Read More »Congolese militiamen raid Lake Albert, rob three boat engines
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected militiamen have again raided the Lake Albert waters in Hoima district and robbed three boat engines, one fishing boat and sixteen solar batteries. The attack occurred near the Kaiso landing site in Kabaale sub-county, Hoima district on Tuesday. The seven suspected militiamen, four dressed …
Read More »Suspected Congolese militiamen shoot three Ugandan fishermen
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected Congolese militiamen have shot three Ugandan fishermen on Lake Albert. The incident happened near Senjojo landing site in Buhuka parish, Kyangwali sub county in Kikuube district at around 5am on Monday morning. The injured fishermen are Robert Amukuhikiriza, Deo Busobozi and Seremos Byaruhanga, all …
Read More »Kakumiro mob kills two suspected cattle thieves
Kakumiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An angry mob has lynched two suspected cattle thieves in Kakumiro district. The two raided the home of one of the residents at Katugu village in Nalweyo sub county on Sunday and attempted to steal cows. However, luck ran out for the suspects when one …
Read More »CMI impostor arrested extorting cash from Hoima lodges
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A combined team of Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF and police personnel teamed up to corner and finally arrest Samuel Tukamushaba, 32, a resident of Bujumbura West cell, Kihombaza ward, Hoima East division in Hoima city for extortion. Tukamushaba, who is currently detained at Hoima central …
Read More »Three arrested for fuel siphoning in Buliisa
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 »Hoima driver dies in suspicious suicide
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima are investigating circumstances under which a prominent driver appears to have committed suicide by hanging. The deceased driver has been identified as Issa Mugisa, 40, a resident of Bwikya ward, Hoima East division, Hoima City, at the same time a driver operating …
Read More »Prison warder, inmate die in septic tank
Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in the Albertine region have launched investigations into the sudden death of a prison warder and an inmate in a septic tank in Masindi district. Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson has identified the deceased warder as Corporal Abel Owori, 28 while the deceased …
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