Kampala City Hall Court has sentenced an 18-year-old woman to one and half years imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to giving false information to Uganda police regarding the murder of fallen AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Kaweesi, who was spokesman and the director of human resource development and training in Uganda police, …
Read More »Who is behind Uganda’s new terror gangs?
Police insiders going rogue? They call themselves the Bakijambiya (Machete gang) and they pounce in the wee hours of the night. They come with pangas, iron bars, nails on wood clubs, and big knives. They chop and clobber their victims, steal their money and portable property, and rape the women …
Read More »THE INDEPENDENT: Is Kayihura the man to stop terror gangs?
In The Independent news magazine this week: COVER STORY Criminal terror gangs: Is Kayihura the man to stop them? ANALYSIS Mbabazi court award hits Shs21bn: Attorney General’s office looks for ways of scaling back costly damages ANALYSIS Mbabazi court award hits Shs21bn: Attorney General’s office looks for ways of scaling …
Read More »Journalists ‘suffocating’ in Magufuli’s Tanzania
In Uganda, Police top list of perpetrators of attacks on journalists for fourth year Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | Press freedom in Tanzania is being squeezed under President John Magufuli, leaving journalists fearful. France-based watchdog Reporters Without Borders (known by its French acronym, RSF) ranked Tanzania 83rd out …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Kaweesi murder investigation
Kayihura in tight corner as Museveni demands progress On April 21, the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, did something unusual. As highly anticipated by the general public, he presented to the Nakawa Magistrates Court in Kampala 13 suspects in the murder of the late force spokesperson, Assistant Inspector …
Read More »Suspect pins police on crime
At a press conference where he appeared before the Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura, Juma Muyirwa a suspect in the killings in Masaka, revealed that the meetings of thugs who have been carrying out killings in Masaka, Kampala and Wakiso are coordinated and guarded by police. Muyirwa said the …
Read More »BESIGYE: FDC will organize LC 1 polls countrywide
The former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has vowed to organise Local Council (LC) 1 elections countrywide, since according to him, government has failed to fund the exercise. Besigye said the strategy is part of their new political campaign dubbed ‘Five Issues’. Addressing the media …
Read More »VIDEO: Omala back as IGP Kayihura reshuffles Uganda police again
VIDEO: Uganda’s Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura has made over 70 changes among senior offices in the Police Force. He has transferred several officers and left others out of deployment. Among those left pending deployment is Police Special Operations boss Nickson Agasirwe while renown Sam Omala bounces back to the headquarters in …
Read More »Kaweesi murder suspects in court
Hours after Uganda’s police chief got an injunction against several media houses covering investigations into the murder of Assistant Inspector of Police (AIGP) Andrew Felix Kaweesi, 13 people have been arraigned before the Nakawa Chief Magistrate court in connection with the brutal murder The suspects, whose names were not readily available, …
Read More »High Court halts publication of Kaweesi stories until August
Kampala High Court’s Assistant Registrar Joy Kabagye Bahinguza has issued an injunction temporarily stopping the media from publishing stories regarding the investigations into the murder of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi. This follows a case filed by Uganda’s Inspector General of Police Gen.Edward Kale Kayihura through the Attorney General, against Red …
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