Tag Archives: murder

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara police are holding a Uganda Peoples Defence Force-UPDF soldier accused of killing a boda boda rider. The suspect is Private Allan Turyasima, 25, a UPDF soldier attached to the 1st Battalion Commando Brigade in Fort Portal. The suspect was arrested on Monday morning from Ntungamo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unidentified assailants have killed Bernard Nalulu, a guard from SEK security services limited in Kireka, Kira municipality in Wakiso district. Residents found Nalulu’s body outside the perimeter wall of Hajji Medie Ssebunya, a resident of Kamuli-C zone in Kireka town on Thursday morning. Some of the …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two men have earned themselves a jail term of forty years for attempting to murder a six-year-old boy. Kayunga Chief Magistrate Sarah Tusiime sentenced Awali Kivumbi and Paul Ngwaswireki, both residents of Busolo village in Kayunga district on Monday when she found them guilty of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two more suspects have appeared before the Makindye-based General Court Martial in connection to the murder of four policemen in Mityana and Kiboga districts about a year ago. The suspects are Benon Kisekka, a resident of Kinonya Masanafu in Kampala district, and Kassim Kibirango Muwanga, …

Namisindwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A young mother in Namisindwa district has survived mob action for allegedly killing her two-month-old baby and dumping her body in a pit latrine. The suspect is Suzan Nabutsebi, 23, a resident of Bunabwana village in Buwabwala parish, Buwatuwa sub county in Namisindwa district. Michael …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lawyer representing 12 people battling charges of murdering detective sergeant Fred Chemonges, has told the General Court Martial that the deceased could have been shot dead by a state witness with whom they were together on the fateful day. The suspects are Private Bob …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested two members of Torture Survivors Movement Uganda after dropping a coffin at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Kampala, while protesting the continued torture and killings of Ugandan migrant workers in the Middle East. The protest on Tuesday, followed the reported cases …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial in Makindye has remanded two people including a Uganda People’s Defence Forces junior officer Lt Paddy Nahabwe alias Kenneth Turinawe on charges of murder. Nahabwe together with James Niwamanya were arraigned before the court presided over by Brigadier Robert Freeman Mugabe …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the International Crimes Division of the High Court seeking to halt the hearing of the case in which Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana, are accused of murder and terrorism-related charges. Mabirizi wants …