Patrick Otimong was shot dead when police opened fire after meeting resistance from errant members who were partying in the night-time curfew. Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bukedea police have shot dead a teenage boy for allegedly violating the night-time curfew. The deceased has been identified as Patrick Otimong, a resident of Kanyipe …
Read More »Over 50 casual laborers arrested in Pakwach for travelling during curfew
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 57 casual laborers have been arrested and detained in Pakwach for travelling beyond curfew time. The group includes men who were recruited from Koboko, Yumbe, Terego and Arua districts to work in Kinyara sugarcane plantation in Masindi district. They were intercepted at 2 …
Read More »Over 130 arrested in Rwenzori for defying curfew guidelines on New Years day
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Rwenzori region is holding 132 people in custody for defying curfew guidelines during the New Years Day celebrations. Uganda is maintaining a nighttime curfew which starts from 9 pm to 5:30 am as one of the measures to control the movement of people …
Read More »Kalangala bars violate Covid-19 and curfew as police oficers shy away
Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The islanders of Kalanga unilaterally suspended the Ministry of Health guidelines and presidential directives for preventing the spread of Covid-19, not only opening the bars but also operation them throughout te curfew hours on 24th and 25th December. Many of the bars and clubs on …
Read More »IGP warns against flouting night curfew during christmas
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police-IGP, Martin Okoth Ochola has warned travelers and motorists against violating the night curfew that runs between 9 pm to 6am. In his Christmas message delivered by police spokesperson Fred Enanga at the Uganda Media Center, Ochola warned all people travelling upcountry …
Read More »Presidential candidate Kabuleta wants curfew lifted ahead of festivities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential Candidate Joseph Kabuleta has called for the lifting of the curfew imposed in the wake of COVID-19 Pandemic ahead of the festive season holiday. According to Kabuleta, curfew is at the center of impoverishing Ugandans as most businesses like restaurants, gyms, saloons and events …
Read More »Kabale boda boda riders protest extortion, harassment by security officers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 200 boda boda riders in Kabale municipality took to the streets on Monday to protest extortion by security officers deployed to enforce the night-time curfew. The angry riders rode their bikes through Kabale town to Rwakaraba where they attacked a police checkpoint along Kabale-Kisoro …
Read More »53 drivers spend night at Jinja road police for violating curfew
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 53 drivers spent Monday night at Jinja Road Police Station for violating the night time curfew. The drivers were picked up a few hours after Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga said they would arrest people found violating the 9 pm curfew announced by …
Read More »Police restores curfew check points
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police is restoring Curfew checkpoints with effect from tonight at 2100 hours. Commissioner of Police Fred Enanga, the Force Spokesman Fred Enanga says all roadblocks and barriers on roads leading into (and out of) the city for the enforcement of the curfew are …
Read More »Beware of thugs riding motorcycles at night – UPDF
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People Defence Forces –UPDF have expressed concern over increasing cases of thugs moving on motorcycles in the night hours. First Division Spokesperson, Maj Yusuf Bilal Katamba said a number of thugs are moving on motorcycles late in the night purposely either targeting people …
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