Tag Archives: murder

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Soroti City are facing increasing pressure to expedite investigations into a series of murders. The recent case involves a couple, identified as Steve Olee and Leah Adiango, who were found dead in their house in Old Akisim Cell, Pamba Ward. According …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero District are investigating the brutal murder of 68-year-old Gideon Sitakange, who was found beheaded on Wednesday morning, June 18, 2025. Sitakange, a resident of Kawe Zone in Kikyuusa Town Council, was reportedly attacked by unknown assailants on Tuesday night around 9:00 PM. …

  Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two men accused of killing a coffee farmer in Rukiga District and smuggling parts of his dismembered body into Rwanda have been charged with murder and remanded to prison. The deceased, identified as Milton Bagambira alias Obote, aged 62, was a resident of Nyakisa …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East are hunting for a man only identified as Musa over the killing of his friend, Gerald Kibira, in a bar brawl. It is reported that the two were both last seen alive enjoying themselves at Camp David Bar and Lounge, located …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gunmen dressed in military uniform over the weekend kidnapped and killed a Compassion International official before dumping his body by the roadside near a railway line in Namumira village, Mukono Central Division. The victim, Godfrey Wayengera, 45, lived in Nsuube A village and served as …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hamida Mutesi Nalule, a renowned moneylender in Seeta Bajjo, Mukono Municipality, has been stabbed to death by a client owing her sh18 million. Nalule, according to Racheal Namwanje, loaned Elvis Katabaazi sh18 million last year, but the latter had never bothered to pay it …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Daniel Kisekka Kiwanuka, a man who was convicted of the murder of Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Kagezi Namazzi, has revealed that the person who hired them to kill Kagezi was driving a government vehicle. Kisekka was sentenced to 35 years in prison …

SACRAMENTO, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump confronted visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with conspiracy theories on “white genocide” in South Africa, which Ramaphosa firmly denied. During their meeting in the Oval Office, Trump accused South Africa of “white genocide” and unfair land …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Soroti High Court has sentenced 34-year-old David Okello to 55 years in prison for the crimes of rape and simple robbery, in a judgment that the court says should serve as a stern warning to society. Soroti High Court Resident Judge Boniface Wamala, while …

Kisekka was convicted on Monday following his own guilty plea to the charge of murder, under a plea bargain agreement with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The state was represented by Assistant DPP Thomas Jatiko and Chief State Attorney Jacqueline Okui. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | …