Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are holding a former teacher at Step by Step School in Nansana municipality accused of sexually abusing six girls. Luke Owoyesigire, the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, identified the suspect as Moses Mpanga Aldo, a resident of Nansana municipality in Wakiso district. According to …
Read More »Buganda kingdom donates UGX 400M land to Nansana for health center construction
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda kingdom has donated 0.07 acres of land valued at Shillings 400m to Nansana municipality in Wakiso district for the construction of a health center IV in Nakkuule ward. The kingdom second deputy premier and finance minister Robert Waggwa Nsibirwa handed over the land title to …
Read More »Three arrested for defrauding bank customer UGX 18 million
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three suspects are in police custody for conning a Centenary bank customer more than Shillings 18 million in dollar exchange scam in Kampala. Charles Twine, the Sspokesperson of the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID identifies the suspects as Mpagi Denis, Akuli Umuru and a woman only identified as …
Read More »Nansana shooting victim still has bullet lodged in chest
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nicholas Kafeero, one of the survivors of the recent Nassana shooting is in pain with a bullet still stuck in his chest. Two weeks ago, a Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF soldier shot dead five people and injured four others critically. Lance Corporal Denis Omara, …
Read More »Man arrested with decomposing body in his house in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Nansana Municipality has been arrested after being found with a decomposing body of a young child locked in his room. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango identified the suspect who is currently locked-up at Nansana police station as Jacob Ssesanga, …
Read More »Unknown assailants strangle Nansana businesswoman to death
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown assailants have strangled to death a businesswoman in Nansana municipality in Wakiso district. The Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire identifies the deceased as 35-year-old Prosy Nakibi, a resident of Nansana East B and trader in Kasooli market. According to Owoyesigire, the …
Read More »Police bursts car theft racket in Nansana, one arrested
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person suspected to be the ringleader of a car theft racket in Nansana has been arrested. The suspect, identified as William Ssali alias George Byarugaba was arrested during an operation conducted by police officers along the Kampala Northern Bypass last evening. Kampala Metropolitan …
Read More »Inadequate local revenue collection, corruption in Nansana irks local gov’t minister
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Government Minister, Raphael Magyezi has expressed dismay over the inadequate local revenue collection and rampant corruption in Nansana municipality in Wakiso district. According to Magyezi, the Shillings 6.1 billion collected by Nansana municipality is very insufficient. He argues that Nansana municipality has potential …
Read More »Nansana municipality budget approved five weeks after deadline
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nansana municipality has finally passed its annual budget estimates almost five weeks after the deadline stated by law. The municipality in Wakiso district failed for more than three months to pass the over 23 billion Shillings budget due to wrangles between the executive and …
Read More »Rider crashes into truck while dodging police checkpoint, succumbs to injuries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A motorcyclist who crashed into a truck on Monday evening as he tried to dodge a police checkpoint at Yesu Amala in Nansana municipality has died. The Deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire identified the deceased as Musa Ssempala. According to Owoyesigire, Ssempala was riding …
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