High Court has granted bail to Joseph Kanyamunyu and Cynthia Munwangari, but denied bail to her boyfriend Mathew Kanyamunyu in the ‘Lugogo Murder’ case. Justice Yasin Nyanzi ordered the sureties to pay sh50m not cash, while Joseph and Munwangari were ordered to pay sh5m cash before being released. The Kanyamunyu family were also …
Read More »Kayihura says security has nabbed suspects in Kaweesi murder
IGP Gen. Kale Kayihura has told mourners at the funeral of AIGP Felix Kaweesi that security has nabbed suspects in the ongoing manhunt for murderers of the fallen police spokesman. Speaking in Lwengo Tuesday afternoon, Inspector General of Police Kayihura said that he had just been informed that security agencies have already …
Read More »VIDEO: City bids final farewell to Kaweesi
VIDEO: A final journey out of the city a to join his ancestors was marked at Kololo airstrip as the casket carrying the remains of slain AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi was carefully carried out of the A Plus ambulance by men his rank into the waiting police chopper and off to …
Read More »Court sets date for Muslim clerics case ruling
On April 4, the International Crimes Division of the High Court will deliver a ruling on the Muslims clerics’ case where 14 men are accused of murder. The case is about the murders of Mustafa Bahiga and Ibrahim Kirya and the 14 accused will know whether they have a case …
Read More »Ugandans mourn Kaweesi
Ugandans on Twitter (UOT) have mourned AIGP Felix Kaweesi today. Police spokesman Kaweesi and his two body guards were shot dead by armed men as he left his home in Kulambiro, Ntinda just outside the city on Friday morning. CLICK: HOW KAWEESI WAS KILLED [View the story “Ugandans mourn AIGP Kaweesi” on …
Read More »Kananura to defend himself over murder charges
The High Court will Thursday start hearing the defence case of rally driver Desh Kananura, his brother Raymond Kananura and security guards Samuel Muzolewa, Cyrus Maganda and Jacob Onyango, who are on trial for the alleged murder of an employee Badru Kateregga. Evidence from 10 witnesses was led by Senior …
Read More »Ugandans mark Janani Luwum Day
Hundreds of Ugandans celebrated the life of the late Archbishop Janani Luwum at Mucwini sub-county headquarters in Kitgum district on Thursday. It is 40 years since he was murdered for standing up against human rights abuses in 1977. The then Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga Zaire was murdered …
Read More »Public trial resumes in slain Muslim clerics case
The Public hearing of the murder case against 14 people alleged to have plotted murders of Muslim clerics across the country has resumed Wednesday with Detective AIP Geoffrey Ntende attached to Counter Terrorism Unit testifying. He informed the International Crimes Court that he arrested one of the suspects Jafari Hamza Kasirye …
Read More »Sheikh Kiggundu murder case adjourned to Feb 9
FOUR people alleged to have murdered Maj. Muhammad Kiggundu and his body guard Sgt. Steven Mukasa in November last year have been further remanded to Luzira Prison. They return to court on February 9, 2017. The new date was set Friday after state prosecutor Emilly Ninsiima informed Buganda Road Court Chief …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Kanyamunyu murder case
Why the police can’t win Since Nov.12, when Mathew Kanyamunyu; a young flamboyant businessman in Kampala City and a female companion, Cynthia Munwangari, were arrested as suspects in the death of a young man called Kenneth Akena, Jinja Road Police Station where investigations into the case are centred has become …
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