Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Jinja city has paraded 16 youth who are believed to be perpetrators of a variety of crimes including robbery and rape. Abbey Ngako, the Kiira region police spokesperson said the youthful gangsters are far more dangerous than they look and he described …
Read More »Police officer wounded in shooting outside Croatian gov’t building
Zagreb, Croatia | XINHUA | A police officer was wounded in a shooting on Monday morning outside the Croatian government building here, while the suspected gunman has fled the scene and committed suicide, according to local police. The shooting occured at around 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) at St. …
Read More »CSOs report pins gov’t for interfering with human rights defender’s work
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new report by Civil Society Organisations-CSOs has pinned various government agencies for continued intimidation of human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists. The Universal Periodic Review 2021- CSO report that was issued on Tuesday specifically singles out Uganda Police Force, Uganda People’s Defense …
Read More »94 police paramedics to be retrained for promotion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police leadership has resolved to retrain 94 medical Police Constables so that they can be elevated to ranks befitting their qualifications. The decision to retrain the Constables comes at the time when policemen and women who joined the force in June 2015 with medical documents …
Read More »Police arrest Bobi Wine’s bodyguards
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have arrested two bodyguards of Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi wine. The arrested have been identified as Rashid Kavuma and a colleague only identified as Ashraf. Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Oweyesigire tells Uganda Radio Network that the two are being …
Read More »Two arrested over fake police social media accounts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Department-CID have detained two men in connection with operating fake police social media accounts that they have been using to post disparaging content. Charles Twine, the CID spokesperson identified the two suspects as Mugerwa Nicholas resident of Kitebi in Rubaga division …
Read More »Janet Museveni assesses damage at Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | First Lady and Education and Sports Minister Janet Museveni has promised to fully support Makerere University investigate and then rebuild after a fire gutted their main administration block early on Sunday. “This is tragic, not just for the university but the country,” …
Read More »Carjackers murder special taxi driver in Mukono
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mukono have arrested one suspect over the cold blooded murder of a special hire driver with an intent of stealing his car. The 58 years old Nyenje resident in Ggoma in Mukono Municipality Christopher Batte died of fatal injuries on his head and …
Read More »Investigate human head incident – Kadaga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the police to expedite investigations into an incident in which a man was arrested with a human head at Parliament. On Monday, a 22-year-old man Joseph Nuwashaba, a resident of Kizinda, Bushenyi district was intercepted at …
Read More »Teargas rocks Soroti city during NRM elections
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have used teargas to disperse rowdy voters from four polling stations in Soroti East division during the NRM party primary elections. The affected polling stations are Kikandani, Acip, TesoIn and Moruapesur. The angry voters said to be supporters of John Robert Esaru, one of …
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