Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Crime Intelligence in collaboration with Mukono police have arrested three suspects in connection with attacks on students living in apartments mostly in the areas of Mukono district. The suspects are Allan Kitanda Lubugu, the suspected ringleader of the gang, Anatoli Kakeeto, and Betty Nantongo. Kakeeto …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Old Kampala Police Division has summoned two former teachers at Lubiri Secondary School in Kampala in the ongoing investigations into the fire outbreak at the school dormitory last week. Information from the school indicates that the fire broke out in Ssekandi dormitory around 8:45 pm …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security team comprising of operatives from the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence-CMI and police have arrested six suspects in connection to the murder of Odismus Lukambwe, the Kyampisi Gombolola Internal Security Officer-GISO in Mukono district. Lukambwe died on March 7th, 2022 at Mulago National …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID is holding an international school teacher on charges of aggravated defilement of a three and half-year-old pupil. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga, has identified the suspect as Eric Kirimana, a Burundian National at Ambrosoli International School located in Bugolobi, a Kampala city …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least four police escorts who were injured in a bomb blast on the motorcade of Principal Judge Dr Flavian Zeija, are detained at Nsambya police barracks. Dr Zeija’s convoy was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kalandezi village, Mpigi district last Saturday. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least three vehicles have been damaged in two separate roadside bomb explosions along the Kampala-Masaka highway in a space of seven days. The first incident occurred on Easter Sunday at around 9:30pm in Kyangoma village, Kkingo sub county, Lwengo district where a vehicle driven …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investigations by the Joint Anti-Terrorism Taskforce show that the motorcade of the Principal Judge Dr Flavian Zeija was hit by an improvised bomb and not shot as earlier claimed. News about the attempted assassination of Dr. Zeija along the Kampala-Masaka highway started making rounds on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) have revealed that over 243 guns have been recovered from cattle rustlers in Karamoja since the launch of forceful disarmament in July last year. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordered for forceful disarmament of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have raised concern over the increasing incidents of security guards conniving with robbers to terrorize companies they are meant to protect. The Flying Squad Unit, Crime Intelligence, and Crime Investigators probing the rampant incidents of attacks at fuel stations, supermarkets, and goods in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel attached to the Aviation Police at Entebbe International Airport have so far intercepted 15 victims of human trafficking destined for Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and Oman in the last week. A report brief to police headquarters and the Ministry of Internal Affairs Anti-human trafficking department …
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