Wakiso, Uganda | URN | Police and Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) monitors have arrested three people accused of compromising Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) papers at Prince Junior School in Gayaza, Wakiso District. The suspects are the school’s director and acting head teacher, Hajjat Lazia Nasanga; a mathematics teacher identified …
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NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | The mandatory letters of undertaking for savings, low visibility and conservative investment have been blamed for slow growth of Police Savings Association Limited-PSAL which has only 2,900 members out of over 56,000 police officers in the entire force. PSAL leadership wants police management to …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | A devastating fire has gutted Wandegeya Police Barracks, destroying property. The fire, which started on Thursday evening at around 4:30 pm, razed more than 10 makeshift housing units in the barracks, leaving police officers counting losses. Didan Nuwaleba, a Police Constable attached to Wandegeya …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda Police Force says it has not reviewed its statement templates since independence, which is why suspects’ tribes are still being recorded despite growing concerns over tribal bias. The current police template captures a suspect’s name, age, tribe, contacts and residence. However, some …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police has warned charcoal dealers, transporters and even domestic users that the ban on charcoal burning and trade in northern Uganda remains in full force, declaring that carrying even a single bag will not be spared. The warning came as inter-agency enforcement …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have begun an operation targeting unauthorised Wi-Fi resellers in parts of Kampala as authorities step up enforcement against public internet services operating without the required regulatory approvals. The crackdown has so far covered Kasangati, Kawaala, Kasubi and Kawempe, according to people familiar with …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Details have emerged of how human rights activist and lawyer Aloikin Praise Opoloje was reportedly taken by force to a yet unknown detention centre from Namungoona Police Station after she was summoned over a carpet theft complaint. Opoloje, a member of Agora Discourse, had gone …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Traffic Police have extended Operation Ganyegenya into night hours after reports that some taxi operators with unroadworthy vehicles are deliberately taking to the roads at night to evade enforcement. Traffic Police spokesperson Michael Kananura said the Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety had changed its enforcement …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson SP Rachael Kawala recently announced what investigators described as a breakthrough in the fight against motorcycle theft in Kampala. “Police in the Kampala Metropolitan Area have made a breakthrough in investigations into motorcycle robberies,” Kawala said August 27, 2026, announcing …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The High Court in Kampala has heard that the Criminal Investigations Department of Police paid UGX 59,300,000 to Makerere University’s Institute of Languages Project Account for transcription services of audios and videos arising from various meetings in which jailed Dr Kizza Besigye and others discussed a …
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