Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Isingiro has chopped his two children to death and attempted to kill their mother before taking his own life by poisoning. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson, says Celestino Byamukama, a resident of Rwengando cell Nyarubanga parish in Masha Sub …
Read More »Court of Appeal upholds Uwera Nsenga’s 20-year-jail term for murder
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has upheld the 20-year jail term given to Jacqueline Uwera Nsenga for the murder of her late husband, Juvenal Nsenga in a disguised vehicle accident. Justices Afonse Owiny-Dollo, Elizabeth Musoke and Cheborion Barishaki upheld the sentence in their verdict delivered on …
Read More »Soldier remanded for killing airforce commander
Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial has remanded Lance Corporal Max Omutojo for murder. Omutojo is alleged to have killed Major Sulaiman Wafula, the former Uganda People’s Defense Air Force Officer in-charge of garrison in Nakasongola air force wing. Omutojo a sector commander in the Air …
Read More »Police sniffer dogs aid arrest of 7,000 murder, robbery suspects
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A review of specialized police units’ contribution to fighting crime in the country has revealed that sniffer dogs have helped in arresting 7,203 suspects of murder, robbery and sexual related offences. The analysis was conducted last month by the Directorate of Research and Planning which …
Read More »State applies for witness protection in Kaweesi murder trial
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecutions has filed an application in the International Crimes Division of High Court seeking to protect witnesses in the murder trial of former Assistant Inspector General of Police Andrew Felix Kaweesi. The former Uganda police spokesperson was gunned down together …
Read More »Aswa region police intensifies community policing as crime rates soar
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Aswa river region has rolled out an intense community policing programme to address an increase in crime rates in the region. The region comprises eight districts of Pader, Gulu, Amuru, Lamwo, Omoro, Kitgum, Nwoya and Agago. Jimmy Patrick Okema, the region’s police public …
Read More »Police releases 8 arrested over Makerere student murder
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight residents of Makerere University who had been arrested in connection to the murder of Emmanuel Tegu, have been released. Tegu, a third year Veterinary Medicine student at the University was roughed up and died on July 4 as a result of …
Read More »Four charged over murder of Makerere University student
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The task team actively investigating the murder of Tegu Emmanuel, 24 year old, male University student of Makerere, on the 08.07.2020, charged four suspects at LDC court for his brutal murder. The deceased was violently beaten on the 27.06.2020, and sustained life threatening injuries which …
Read More »LDU handed life sentence for Oyam murder
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 5th Division Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF court-martial siting in Oyam has sentenced a Local Defense Unit-LDU personal a life sentence for murder. Thomas Jolly Opoka was found guilty for the murder of 65-year-old Francis Ogwang Munu, a resident of Amati parish in Oyam …
Read More »Court of Appeal overturns CMI officer’s acquittal for murder
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal judges have ordered for the immediate arrest of Major Joel Babumba, an operative attached to the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence. He is wanted to serve his punishment for the murder of his neighbor and peasant Moses Kazungu on July 31 …
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