Tag Archives: Bukwo

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Security has launched a manhunt for ten suspects following their escape from custody at Bukwo Police Station. The suspects, who were locked up for various offenses including murder and rape broke out of their cells on Sunday night. Five police officers in Bukwo are meanwhile …

Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 35 year-old man in Bukwo district is in police custody for allegedly defiling and impregnating his 13-year old niece. The suspect is Alex Mutai, a resident of Suam village, Suam sub-county, Bukwo district. He reportedly impregnated his 13-year-old niece, a pupil of Kabyoyoni primary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investigations into the shooting of Bukwo Chief Administrative Officer Charles Ogwang, show that one of the two guns used to end his life had been used to kill four people in Wakiso district. Ogwang was killed in a volley of ammunition on July 8 in …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan senior four student has died as she allegedly attempted carry  out abortion. Brighter Chekwemoi aged 17-years, died on Thursday at Bukwo general hospital where her parents rushed her after she took drugs and started vomiting,  losing a lot of blood. Goretti Chemutai a …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Paramount Chief of Lango Cultural Foundation Yosam Odur Ebii has demanded blood compensation for the death of Robert Charles Ogwang, the Acting Bukwo Chief Administrative Officer. He made the declaration while addressing mourners during the burial of the late Ogwang at Apii Primary school in Kole …

Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies have arrested three more suspects in connection to the gruesome shooting and killing of Bukwo District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Robert Charles Ogwang along the Kampala-Gulu highway. Unknown assailants sprayed Ogwang with a volley of bullets on July 8th, 2022 on his …

Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Flags are flying at half-mast in Bukwo district following the death of the Chief Administrative Officer, Charles Ogwang who was gunned down on Friday last week. Unknown assailants shot Ogwang in Kiryowa village, a few kilometers from Matugga town council while driving his official vehicle …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from Lango sub-region have called for a thorough and expeditious investigation into the killing of the acting Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Bukwo district, Charles Robert Ogwang. According to the police report, Ogwang was waylaid on July 8, 2022 in Kiryowa village, Bombo along …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police investigations have revealed that the Bukwo Chief Administrative Officer Charles Ogwang, was killed in a targeted attack and not armed robbery or domestic terrorism. Ogwang was shot from Kiryowa village, a few kilometres after Matugga town as he was driving his official car registration …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bukwo District Chief Administrative Officer Charles Ogwang has become the latest victim of attacks by men in uniforms similar to those of the military who terrorize motorists on the Matugga, Kalule stretch along the Gulu highway. Unfortunately for Ogwang, he has succumbed to the injuries …