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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has said that it never participated in defacing posters of the National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi or even protect those who participated in the illegal act. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango defended the police after images started …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Inspector-General of Police, Martin Ochola, has ordered for the distribution of more than 50,000 copies of the new Standard Operation Procedures to all police officers, LDUs and UPDF soldiers attached to the police force. In response to President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to draft new …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 125 people were arrested on Saturday in a night joint security operation against people defying Covid-19 directives. Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy Kampala police spokesperson said 35 people were arrested in Katwe inside a brothel. The operation was led by the Clock Tower police. Among …

Kabalore, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Inspector-General of Police, John Martins Okoth Ochola, has responded to President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to draft operation procedures that will be followed by all police officers and personnel from sister agencies during field duties. Museveni on September 8 directed Ochola to come up with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have shot dead a private security guard for resisting arrest. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango identifies the deceased as Ali Mbayo, a resident of Rugala in Rubaga division. According to Onyango, Mbayo was gunned in the wee hours of Thursday morning when …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and fishermen have retrieved the body of a fisherman who was killed by floods in Buliisa district. The deceased identified as Bright Musinguzi 32, a resident of Kigoya village Buliisa sub county Buliisa district was swept away by floods resulting from the rising …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 15 suspects are in police custody following their arrest from in a betting hall at Mabirizi Plaza in Kampala on Tuesday afternoon. The suspects were picked up by a joint security team comprising Local Defence Units –LDUs and Field Force Unit –FFU …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police used teargas and live bullets to disperse a group of Buganda loyalists protesting the weekend security raid on a thanksgiving function organised by the Mbogo clan head Kayiira Gajuule at Mugulu in Mityana town municipality. The protesters stormed the streets of Mityana municipality …

Namutumba, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East say they are investigating a curious incident in which a teenager was shot at close range on the chest in Kibaale Town Council of Namutumba district by the officer in charge of CID Kibale Police Post. Eyewitnesses say the victim, 19 year …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   As the activities to prepare for the 2021 general elections gather momentum, Uganda Police Force has announced recruitment for 50,000 Special Police Constables -SPCs to guard the polling centres. The Force Spokesperson,  COmmissioner of Police Fred Enanga, said the exercise is going to be …