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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 …

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, …

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 …

Kibaale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kibaale police are holding three suspects in connection to the brutal murder of a 68-year-old man. The suspects are Anatole Mugisa, Denis Tumwebaze and Joyce Kemirembe. Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region Police spokesperson told Uganda Radio Network on Thursday that the suspects are believed to have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A security guard has been arrested for allegedly shooting to death a boda boda rider at Equatorial Mall in Kampala on Monday night. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire identified the suspect as Morris Opedunu attached to Pinnacle Security Company, who was guarding …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale is holding three people for the alleged murder of Daphne Malemo, a 64-year old resident of Busoba parish, Busoba sub county in Mbale district. According to Rogers Taitika, the Elgon region police spokesperson, the three whose names were not released so as …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The ongoing murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin who last year killed unarmed black man George Floyd underscores the issue of police reform, which U.S. President Joe Biden has said he wants to address. The full video of Floyd’s arrest played by prosecutors in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious leaders under the Uganda Joint Christian Council-UJCC have expressed displeasure about the ongoing abuse of human rights especially the murder of Ugandans across the country. The leaders including the Church of Uganda Archbishop Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, Archbishop of Kampala Archdiocese Dr. Cyprian Kizito …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Agago district have arrested a 32-year-old man over the death of his 71-year-old mother. The suspect is Daniel Odera, a resident of Bunga village in Atut Parish in Kuywee sub-county. It’s reported that Odera kicked his mother identified as Theresa Amony in …

Kakumiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 27 year old boda boda rider in Kakumiro district has been murdered in cold blood. The deceased has been identified as Jackson Tumusiime, a boda boda rider at Kikwaya trading center in Kikwaya sub county, Kakumiro district. The incident happened on Saturday night. It …