Tag Archives: murder

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grade One Magistrate Court in Lira has remanded a 30-year-old secondary school teacher for the alleged murder of his wife. Boniface Aweri, a teacher at Kiryandongo High School and a resident of Ireda Shamba cell, Lira city was arrested last week following the death …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have been remanded to Kitalya government prison on charges of murdering the daughter and the driver of Transport and Works Minister General Katumba Wamala. The two are Hussein Ismael Sserubula alias Imam Muto, a boda boda rider and a resident of Nakuwadde, Nakabugo, …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Lira District is holding a 29-year-old man in connection to the death of his wife. Licinia Akirapa Aweri, a 30 year- old community paralegal with Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum was discovered dead in their home on Thursday morning. Boniface Aweri, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lawyers representing Sheik Yusuf Nyanzi, one of the suspects in the murder of former Police Spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi have demanded his unconditional release. Nyanzi was arrested on Tuesday morning together with his sixteen-year-old son Abdul Rahim Nyanzi who was later released after …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of operatives suspected to be from the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence-CMI spent the better part of Wednesday searching the home of Sheikh Yusuf Nyanzi, one of the suspects in the murder of former Police Spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi, his bodyguard Kenneth Erau and …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo police are holding four men for the alleged murder of a 37 year old suspect on Tuesday night. The suspects are Walter Mwaka, Charles Omal, Richard Kidega and Alex Oweka, all residents of Lagwe-dola village in Kal sub county in Lamwo district. The …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero district have arrested a woman for allegedly beheading her own one-week old child. The suspect has been identified as Aidah Naluyange, aged 30 years, a resident of Kakinzi village in Butuntumula sub county. She is accused of cruelly beheading her own child …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Katonto village in Ddwaniro sub-county are in shock after a double tragedy in which a man in his late-30’s hacked his wife to death with a panga before killing himself. The gruesome incident occurred last night at around 10pm. The man so far …

Butaleja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have launched a manhunt for unknown assailants behind the death of a pump attendant at Grassland fuel station in Butaleja town council. The 22-year-old Bob Wandage was found dead at the pump station on Monday morning. According to police, the deceased’s colleagues found his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecutions-DPP has asked the Court of Appeal to uphold the 40-year jail term that was handed to the proprietor of Pine Car bond Muhammad Ssebuwufu for the murder of businesswoman Betty Donah Katusabe. Ssebuwufu was in 2019 convicted by the Retired …