Tag Archives: Luke Oweyesigire

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested six people for assaulting a police constable at Ntawo cell in Mukono municipality. The arrested persons were captured in video clips beating Andrew Mujuni, a constable from Mukono Police Division Field Force Unit whom they suspected to be part of a gang …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala have arrested a metal welder following a fire that gutted one of the kiosks in the precincts of the National Theatre. Eyewitnesses say that the fire that started at around 12:30pm, is suspected to have been caused by sparks from welding activities …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people have been arrested following the death of a suspect in police custody in Matuga, Wakiso district. Those arrested include property broker Godfrey Mayende, a local council chairperson of Kavule village Dennis Bulime, Allen Nanfuka, and another unidentified man. It is alleged that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The officer in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department-CID at Bujuuko police station has been dragged to the Police Standards Unit-PSU for allegedly mishandling a case. Musa Kakembo, the LCIII chairperson Muduuma sub county filed the complaint against Harriet Nakyambadde, citing her failure to investigate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents neighboring the home of former National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi have protested the heavy deployment of security personnel in the area. Kyagulanyi was on Tuesday blocked from leaving his home in Magere, Wakiso district to go to Kayunga district to campaign for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze Bakireke has blamed the recent invasion of her residence by unidentified machete thugs on the government failure to protect opposition politicians. According to Nambooze, despite appearing on a list of people marked for assassination, she has never …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have arrested two bodyguards of Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi wine. The arrested have been identified as Rashid Kavuma and a colleague only identified as Ashraf. Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Oweyesigire tells Uganda Radio Network that the two are being …