COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Crime often follows discernible patterns influenced by various temporal factors. Understanding these patterns provides insight into when criminal acts are more likely to take place. The distribution of criminal activity is not uniform across hours, days, or seasons, but rather exhibits distinct fluctuations. Major holidays often …
Read More »🔴 Anthony Natif notes from Court: The witnesses in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and Others
SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | The witnesses so far in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga; adapted from @TonyNatif on X. The matter resumes tomorrow Monday, September 29th. Here’s a continuation of the witness testimonies thus far: Prosecution Witness 6: Ronald Mugabe Ruranga He was allegedly the Legal Counsel to …
Read More »Easter marred by wave of robberies in Kampala Metropolitan
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cases of housebreak-ins dominated crimes reported in Kampala Metropolitan policing areas during the Easter festivals. According to Patrick Onyango, Spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan Police, robberies were reported in several areas, including Muduma-Mpigi, Kyengera, Kira Municipality, Mukono, and Nansana. In one of the incidents, Eddie Nsubuga, …
Read More »High crime rates in Jinja blamed on non-functional field weighbridges
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The increased cases of criminality in the Jinja and Luuka districts have been attributed to the closure of sugarcane weighbridges. The residents say that the weighbridges that were installed to weigh sugarcane had created a sigh of hope, through extending employment opportunities to youths in the …
Read More »Coffee now so expensive that farms are becoming crime scenes
High prices in Africa’s No. 2 grower have made coffee a significant theft target, joining other commodities such as cocoa and vanilla Masaka, Uganda | AGENCIES | To stop his coffee crops being stolen yet again, Ugandan farmer Charles Waliggo has been waking during the night to patrol his plot. …
Read More »Lake Victoria: A battleground for environmental crime
Researchers call for harmonization of enforcement mechanisms used by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to tackle transnational crimes ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest and the world’s second-largest freshwater lake, shared by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, has become a hotspot for environmental crime, according to a new report from …
Read More »Govt sets in motion law to fight cross-border crime
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has put in place interim measures aimed at strengthening capacity to fight crime collaboratively on an international scale with hopes of coming up with a law in future to deal with the same. The interim measures …
Read More »Kikuube armed robbers take off with sh40,000 from bar
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kikuube are pursuing three suspected armed robbers who raided a local bar and stole 40,000 shillings at gunpoint. The incident occurred on Saturday night in Kasambya village, Butoole Parish, Kyangwali Sub-county of Kikuube District. Information gathered by Uganda Radio Network (URN) …
Read More »Uganda 7th in Africa’s organized crime index
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda ranks 7th in Africa for the highest number of cases related to Organized Crimes, the Director of Public Prosecutions Jane Frances Abodo has revealed. These crimes, committed for financial gain, encompass activities such as money laundering, drug trafficking, smuggling of migrants, human trafficking, …
Read More »‘High Luwero crime rate linked to merger of police posts’
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero District Security Committee and leaders are regretting the merging of Police Posts following the escalation of crime. According to the Police Crime report released last week, 4111 cases were reported to Police stations in Luwero in 2023 and the district was ranked the second …
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