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Police Operations Director Summons KMP Commanders Over Christmas Security Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Operations of the Uganda Police Assistant Inspector General of Police-AIGP Frank Mwesigwa, has summoned an ad-hoc meeting with all Kampala metropolitan police commanders to plan for Christmas festivities. Mwesigwa summoned the commanders …

Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police and Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers have maintained deployment at opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party offices in Rukungiri district. The deployment at the party offices located along Republic Road in Rukungiri town follows reports that some party leaders are preparing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force (UPF) has advised the family of Sheikh Twaha Kakande, who has been missing for a month, to officially file a report with the police in order to initiate an investigation into his alleged abduction. Sheikh Kakande from Masjid Taquwah Kisenyi-Mengo was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Crime Intelligence, Flying Squad, and Kawempe Police have arrested seven suspected members of a robbery gang that has been terrorizing Kampala Metropolitan areas. An officer attached to Kawempe Police Division said the gang has been wreaking havoc in Kampala, using four motorcycles …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPNDENT | The Uganda Police Force (UPF) and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have distanced themselves from the reported arrest of Sheikh Twaha Kakande, the Imam of Taquwah Mosque in Kisenyi-Mengo, a Kampala suburb. Sheikh Twaha Kakande was reportedly taken by plain-clothed armed men on Friday, October 18, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mercy Timbitwire, a Public Relations Officer at the NRM Secretariat, has been remanded to Luzira Prison after being take to court following a viral video that showed her slapping a traffic police officer. Timbitwire was arrested on Friday and spent the weekend at Jinja Road …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested Mercy Timbitwire Bashisha, the woman captured in a viral video assaulting a traffic policeman and threatening to have him lose his job. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kituuma Rusoke, the arrest follows an incident in which Bashisha became violent toward …

How has the United States managed to get away with such duplicitous behaviour for so long? COMMENT | LEONARD RONALD EGESA |   Reports just in indicate that the United States is imposing sanctions on four officers of the Uganda Police Force over accusations of involvement in gross human rights abuses. …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region have recovered 32 suspected stolen motorcycle number plates from a banana plantation in Bwase zone, Buwenge town council, Jinja district. This discovery followed intelligence-led investigations aimed at recovering a stolen motorcycle belonging to Wilson Balikoowa, a resident of Butegana East zone …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | A total of 239 schoolchildren have been killed in road accidents in the past nine months, Ugandan police said, warning motorists to be more careful as the third term began on Monday. The children, aged between five and 18, were killed while being dropped off …