Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested a man who killed his wife and the housemaid he was caught raping. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the suspect as Shaban Musisi, a resident of Kasenge village in Kyengera town council of Wakiso district, who killed his wife …
Read More »Busia man arrested for poisoning his own two month old baby
Peter Wandera is currently in police cells at Busia central police station Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busia district have arrested a man suspected to have poisoned his own two month-old baby while they were in Masafu hospital. The suspect has been identified as Peter Wandera, a 27 year-old …
Read More »State witnesses contradict selves in murder case against traditional healer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two prosecution witnesses have today contradicted themselves in the murder case against Godfrey Lukabya, a traditional healer. The state accuses 58-year-old Lukabya of unlawfully killing a one Moses Kalikwani in June 2019. While presenting its case this morning, the state produced four witnesses. They included, Martin …
Read More »Gulu residents raise concerns over rampant homicides in the region
Homicides in Acholi sub region are more rampant in the rural areas than urban centers and youths are the main perpetrators Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The residents of Gulu have raised concerns over the rampant cases of homicides in Acholi sub region. According to statistics obtained from police in …
Read More »Justice Kwesiga recuses himself from Entebbe expressway murder case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Wilson Kwesiga has excused himself from a case in which Police Constable Davis Taremwa is accused of killing two people along the Entebbe expressway in 2019. Taremwa was in 2019 charged with two counts of murder over a shooting that claimed two lives of Joshua …
Read More »Mwesigwa Rukutana acquitted of attempted murder charges
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Labor Mwesigwa Rukutana has been acquitted of all charges stemming from a shooting incident in the just concluded campaigns. He was facing seven counts of attempted murder, threatening violence and malicious damage to property. Rukutana was arrested with three of his bodyguards from …
Read More »Assailants stab traditional healer to death
Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kamuli police are investigating circumstances surrounding the murder of a renowned traditional healer. Forty-year-old, Wasswa Kayizi was stabbed to death inside his shrine at Butabaala village in Southern division in Kamuli district on Wednesday night. His lifeless body was covered with bruises and open wounds in …
Read More »Two arrested over brutal murder of a woman in Kagadi
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police are holding two suspects in connection with the brutal killing of a woman in Kagadi district. The suspects whose particulars have been concealed for fear of jeopardizing police investigations were arrested over the weekend from various parts of Kagadi. The two suspects, one man …
Read More »Housemaid charged with murder and aggravated robbery of her employer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 21 year old housemaid stands accused of committing murder and violent robbery. She is accused of murdering and robbing her employer, Phionah Tumusiime’s properties worth 12.6 million Shillings. Kahmiati Namaganda and others at large allegedly robbed Tumusiime’s two smartphones, three suitcases containing clothes, hair weaves, …
Read More »Mob justice cases dropped in 2020
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people killed by mob justice dropped in 2020. According to the report released on Monday, a total of 540 cases of murder by mob action were reported compared to 746 cases reported in 2019, giving a decrease of 27.6%. The report notes …
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