Tag Archives: Patrick Onyango

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Detectives in Kampala are gathering evidence to establish circumstances under which thugs broke into a city forex bureau and varnished with 220 million shillings. The theft of the money that was in a safe inside Assured Forex Bureau at Titanic building along Johnson street in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP has accused police and other security agencies for the continued arrests of their supporters in the country on accusation of being involved in protests last week. Since last week’s protests around some towns, security personnel have been carrying out operations and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police have arrested five people suspected to have been ring leaders in last week’s city protests. They were arrested on Sunday during an operation in Kisekka Market. They have been identified as John Ddamulira, Ben Kazeeyi, Alvin Juma, Robert Ssegujja and another unidentified person.  Ddamulira …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has released 21 Closed Circuit Television-CCTV photos of people suspected to have spearheaded and robbed people during protests following the arrest of presidential candidate Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine on Wednesday. Protests rocked Kampala city, Wakiso and Mukono districts after news of Bobi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are hunting for two armed thugs behind the robbery at Midland complex apartment in Kanisa zone in Kisaasi in Kawempe Division in Kampala in the wee hours of Wednesday morning where they made off with more than Shillings 200 million. The Kampala Metropolitan Police …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Arua police are holding a man on allegations of killing his 3-months-old baby in a domestic brawl with his wife. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga identifies the suspect as Samuel Atiku. According to Enanga, Atiku allegedly threw a brick targeting his wife Melica Okunduyu but she …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police have recovered a man’s body from the Nakivubo Channel in Kampala following today’s morning heavy downpour. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson identified the deceased as Samuel Orango, a 27-year resident of Katwe who is suspected to have been swept away by running …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eleven National Unity Platform-NUP party supporters are in custody at Kasangati police station in Wakiso district for allegedly leading processions and acts violence during and after the nomination of their presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu on Tuesday. The suspects are Isma Sempija, Richard Odoi, Isaac …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 50 people were arrested on the second day of the presidential nomination exercise in Kampala Metropolitan area. A senior police officer at Kampala Central Police Stations -CPS who was part of the incident records team said by 3pm, police had recorded 49 suspects …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Operations Uganda Police AIGP Edward Ochom has said that day one nomination for presidential candidates has been a large success due to proper security planning. Three candidates, National Resistance Movement (NRM) President Museveni, General Henry Tumukunde and Alliance for National Transformation’s General …