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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s murder rate increased by 4.9 percent in the last year, official statistics showed Friday, with the police minister admitting the country was struggling with “a prevalent culture of violence”. A total of 18,673 people were killed in the 12 months to March …

Buganda Road Court on Thursday issued a production warrant directing Kigo Government Prison to produce former District Police Commander of Kampala Central Police station Aaron Baguma on September 6 to answer murder charges. SP Baguma on Tuesday turned himself in to court and was remanded to Kigo and the officers ordered to …

Former Central Police Station DPC Aron Baguma has been charged and remanded to Kigo Prison. He faces charges of murder, aggravated robbery and  kidnap. In company of his lawyer Abraham Mpumwire, ASP Baguma turned himself in at Buganda Road Court at 2.15pm on Tuesday and appeared before  Grade One Magistrate Joan Aciro. …

VIDEO: Combat police training, is a fundamental requirement of a police officer, but many are escaping the routine. The Uganda Police Force has threatened legal and disciplinary action against such offenders. The caution came during the passout of over 200 counter terrorism police officer at the Nakasongola, where half of the …

Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma has today issued an interim order halting the prosecution of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kale Kayihura over torture charges before Makindye Magistrates Court. Justice Kavuma  presided over an interim application filed Friday by a city advocate Robert Rutaro that sought to block the criminal trial …

The National Police Service of Kenya and Uganda Police Force will cooperate to help ease tension among residents of Migingo Island.  The joint operation will also fight terrorism, smuggling and human trafficking across the common borders on Lake Victoria. At a joint press conference in Nairobi on Wednesday at which they released a joint …

VIDEO: Not brutal – President Museveni has backed General Kale Kayihura over the recent police action on Besigye supporters saying no one should antagonize peace which is prevailing in the country.  Museveni who was addressing all mayors and town clerks in Mbarara also refused the proposal by the mayors to have …

VIDEO: The Inspector General of Police has appointed AIGP Felix Kaweesi as the new force Public Relations manager to replace Commissioner Fred Enanga. Kaweesi who addressed the media soon after his appointment said his major role will be to oversee the transformation of the force’s publicist department.   Share on: WhatsApp

VIDEO: Police have arrested the driver in the patrol car who allegedly knocked a Besigye supporter. Police constable Benon Matsiko attached to Kira Road police station was paraded before the media by the newly appointed police publicist Andrew Felix Kaweesa. Police say the arrest has brought to end weeks of thorough investigations they …

How the opposition has been joined by elements inside government to fight the IGP and the risks it poses Over the last few weeks, the police and its Inspector General Kale Kayihura have been in the eye of the storm. The opposition see Kayihura, and correctly so, as the biggest …