Sunday , October 5 2025
Home / Tag Archives: Theft (page 7)

Tag Archives: Theft

Five Arua hospital staff arrested over ambulance theft

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people are in police custody in connection to the disappearance of an ambulance belonging to Arua Regional Referral Hospital. The Toyota Land Cruiser UG 6812M disappeared from the hospital parking yard on the night of Saturday, March 27th, 2021. However, the ambulance was reported …

Read More »

Butambala bans transportation of livestock at night

Butambala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butambala district has banned the transportation of meat and animals at night in a bid to curb the rampant theft of livestock. Fred Paks Kalema, the Butambala Resident District Commissioner says that they have received numerous complaints from farmers regarding the theft of livestock and …

Read More »

Mityana mob intercepts cattle thieves, burns motorcycle

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Miseebe Central in Bulera Sub County, Mityana District are appealing for help to stop the rampant theft of livestock in their area. The appeal came after residents intercepted a group of suspected thieves who were carrying a calf and several goats allegedly …

Read More »

CCTV: Police track, recover 600 vehicles in 3 months

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Directorate of ICT has said that in the last three months, the installed security Closed Circuit Television-CCTV cameras have assisted to track-down and recover at least 600 vehicles involved in different crimes  in the country. Speaking to Journalists at the National CCTV command …

Read More »

Accountant in Bududa arrested for forgery and theft of gov’t funds

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A sub-county accountant in Bududa district has been arrested over alleged of forgery and theft of government funds. Rogers Mangoye, the accountant of Nakatsi sub-county is in police custody following his arrest on Monday after he failed to respond to police summons issued last month. …

Read More »

Angry Mityana residents foil theft of animals

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Nambute village in Bulera sub county in Mityana district have foiled the theft of their animals after intercepting a motor vehicle used by the suspected thieves. Led by their village chairperson Expedito Kyakuwa, the residents impounded the commuter taxi at a roadblock they …

Read More »

Village chairperson thrown out of office over theft of a pig

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was drama in Makhonje Khanje village in Bumasikye sub county in Mbale district this morning when angry residents decided to vote out their area LC 1 chairperson for alleged theft of a pig. The residents faulted Robert Masaba for not being exemplary and immediately …

Read More »

Three nurses arrested for alleged theft of drugs

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three nurses of Kawempe hospital have been arrested for allegedly stealing drugs. They were arrested on Thursday by a team of detectives from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit and the police. The head of the Statehouse Anti-Corruption Unit, Col Edith Nakalema identified the suspects as …

Read More »

Mob lynches unidentified woman for attempted motorcycle theft

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are investigating circumstances under which a mob lynched an unidentified woman on accusations of attempting to steal a motorcycle from Derrick Mugabe, a boda boda rider in Namutumba town council on Tuesday morning. It is alleged that the deceased who was in the company …

Read More »