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 …
Read More »Digital trail helps Police crack motorcycle theft network
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 …
Read More »Police spent Shs59.3 million to transcribe audio, videos in Besigye treason case
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 …
Read More »Police warn officers over social media complaints
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Police Professional Standards Unit has warned police officers against taking internal grievances to social media in search of justice or public sympathy, saying such actions breach police discipline and can expose officers to further disciplinary action. SSP Joseph Kirabo, the PSU Commander for Kampala …
Read More »Deputy Commander FFU, CP Ecotu Agapitus dies at Mulago
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Deputy Commander of the Field Force Unit, Commissioner of Police Ecotu Agapitus, has passed on at Mulago Hospital. The cause of death is still unknown. At the time of his death, he was the Deputy Commander of the Field Force Unit (FFU), the elite …
Read More »Socialite Don Chris jobs fraud victims rise to 655
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The number of victims accusing city socialite Christian Asiimwe, alias Don Chris, of defrauding them through a fraudulent overseas labour recruitment scheme has risen from about 350 to 655. Don Chris, the former director of the now-defunct labour recruitment company Sky Pins Tours and …
Read More »Katumba hails police cadet intake 2001 for producing top officers
Kampala, Uganda | URN | A group of Uganda Police Force officers who joined the institution in 2001 has marked 25 years of service, with former Inspector General of Police Gen. (Rtd) Katumba Wamala commending them for producing some of the Force’s most dependable and accomplished officers. The 70 members of …
Read More »Traffic Police impound taxis in safety operation on Gulu road
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Several commuter taxis that did not have the required blue strip and were carrying roof luggage were impounded during a joint traffic and Ministry of Transport operation on the Kampala-Gulu Highway. Prompt operations on major roads were launched last week along the Kampala-Masaka Highway, with …
Read More »The hackers are coming for Africa’s critical infrastructure
From Uganda’s electricity transmission network to telecommunications and financial systems, INTERPOL says Africa is facing an increasingly sophisticated cybercrime threat as criminals turn their attention to critical infrastructure, reports Ronald Musoke. On August 18, 2025, the Qilin ransomware group claimed Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) as a victim. …
Read More »HEAD-ON: Truck crashes into taxi, 14 dead!
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fourteen people, including the driver of a commuter taxi, were killed in a head-on collision with a sand-laden truck at Kamuwunga Trading Centre along the Lwera swamp stretch on the Masaka-Kampala Highway in Kalungu District. The fatal crash occurred at about 11:40 p.m. on Monday, …
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