Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Metropolitan Police South (KMP South) and Kajjansi Police Division are actively investigating a murder by shooting that occurred at Kitiko Birongo, Ndejje Division, Makindye Sebagabo in Wakiso District on May 30, 2023. The victim has been identified as 45-year-old Ronnie Mukisa, a lawyer …
Read More »LC 3 Chairperson arrested for murder in Koboko
Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The LC3 chairperson for Lobule sub-county in Koboko district is currently in police custody for his alleged involvement in a murder case. Sulaiman Banga was arrested on Saturday as the police suspect his involvement in the deaths of Suleiman Data and Siliman Awadi, both residents of …
Read More »Suspects forgot hat at scene where UPDF soldier was murdered
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first arrest in the killing a Uganda Peoples Defense Force -UPDF soldier in Kabale district was made possible by the carelessness of one of the suspected killers when he left hat and walking stick at the scene of murder. Private Patrick Byamukama, 31, …
Read More »‘Policeman who shot Indian is not mentally ill’
Muromba whose gun was used by Wabwire has been dismissed from the Police Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police Constable Ivan Wabwire acted with his full conscious when shooting an Indian money lender, Uttam Bhandari, last Friday afternoon according to police surgeons. Bhandari was the Director of TFS Financial …
Read More »Six convicted for murder of two South Sudanese in Arua Park
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has convicted six men for the murder of two South Sudanese nationals, Mohammed Abdallah and Ibrahim Bakhit, the former Manager of Juba City Hotel in Arua Park in Kampala Central Division. The convicts are Jacob Chothembo, a former employee of the private …
Read More »Parliament eulogizes slain Minister Engola
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on Tuesday eulogized the late the Minister of State for Labour, Employment, and Industrial Relations, Retired Colonel, Charles Patrick Okello Engola Macodwogo. Charles Patrick Okello Engola was allegedly shot dead by his bodyguard, Wilson Sabiti on 2 May 2023 at his …
Read More »Key suspect in Nagirinya, Kitayimbwa murder case asks for Sh50m to summon witnesses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Maria Nagirinya and Ronald Kitayimbwa murder case took a dramatic turn on Monday when self-represented suspect Komporiyamu Kasolo asked the high court for Shillings 50 million to summon his witnesses. The former social worker and her driver were kidnapped and killed in August …
Read More »Vlogger Isma Murder: Home CCTV videos provide new evidence
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As joint security forces continue to piece together the motive and perpetrators of the killing of renowned Vlogger Ibrahim Tusubira, also known as Isma Olaxes or Jajja Ichuli, progress is being made in the investigations. Eleven videos captured by police and private cameras have …
Read More »Vlogger ‘Ichuli’ Tusubira’s killer waited two hours for his arrival
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investigators suggest they are handling a case of a cool-headed, steel nerved professional killer who assassinated the well known vlogger Ibrahim Tusubira alias Isma Olaxes aka Jjaja Ichuli near the victim’s suburban home in Kampala on Saturday night. Police Closed Circuit Television –CCTV teams …
Read More »Kirumira murder: Court to deliver judgement
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala will on Monday deliver a judgment in a case where Abubaker Kalungi, is charged with the murder of Former Buyende District Police Commander Muhammad Kirumira and his friend Resty Nalinya Mbabazi. Last year, High Court commenced the trial of Hamza …
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