The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Why kill and chill assassins are political not security issue Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH WERE | Col. Ibrahim Abiriga, the MP whose June 8 shooting has shaken the country, was 30 years old when President Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986. He had already served over 10 years in the …
Read More »THIS WEEK: New lead in Kaweesi murder case
THIS WEEK: New lead in Kaweesi murder case Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Abbey Kitagenda, a police officer who was working with the disbanded Flying Squad unit is under interrogation following his arrest in relation to the murder of former police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) …
Read More »Judiciary troubled over increasing cases of murder, rape
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo has expressed concern over prevalent cases of murder, defilement and rape. Justice Dollo says that the case, often against minors, constitute a bigger percentage of criminal cases handled by courts of law across the country, yet studies have …
Read More »Kampala pastor held in kidnap and murder case of YMCA student
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Leonard Wambazu from Mbikko, in Njeru Municipality, has been detained, as Police intensify the case of kidnap and eventual death a student of YWCA Buwambo Campus in Wakiso district. The 22-year-old student, Brina Nalule was allegedly kidnapped from the Old Taxi Park …
Read More »Wife of murdered Kampala accountant arrested
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The one-week search for a missing former Monitor Publications senior accountant Abel Katende took a dramatic twist on Sunday when Police found his body in a septic tank at his home in Kasangati, just outside Kampala. His wife Janet Namugenyi Katende and children have now …
Read More »Mexico murder rate soars with 7,667 killed in 3 months
Mexico City, Mexico | AFP | Some 7,667 people were killed in Mexico in the first quarter of 2018, up 20 percent on the same period last year, making it the most violent year in two decades, government figures showed Sunday. In 2017, the figure stood at 6,406 violent deaths, …
Read More »London couple stand trial for murder of French nanny
London, United Kingdom | AFP | A French couple living in London went on trial Monday accused of murdering their compatriot nanny and burning her body in a bonfire after starving and mistreating her. Sabrina Kouider and Ouissem Medouni had kept 21-year-old Sophie Lionnet as a “prisoner” and violently abused …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Court sets April 17 to deliver Verdict on Kaweesi murder case
THIS WEEK: Court sets April 17 to deliver Verdict on Kaweesi murder case Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakawa Grade one Magistrates’ court has set April 17 to deliver verdict on whether or not to dismiss a case in which 15 suspects are accused of taking part in the …
Read More »COMMENT: Magara and other chilling murders
A travel advisory to Uganda is now in order as the forces fail to guarantee security for persons and property COMMENT | MORRIS KOMAKECH | The chilling kidnap and murder of Suzan Magara has dented the faith of Ugandans in the security of this country. This crime was at another level …
Read More »US finds North Korea killed Kim brother with VX agent
Washington, United States | AFP | The United States formally concluded Tuesday that North Korea murdered Kim Jong Un’s half-brother with the banned VX nerve agent, blasting Pyongyang for deploying a chemical weapon in a packed international airport. Kim Jong Nam died in February last year, shortly after two women …
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