Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero District are investigating the brutal murder of 68-year-old Gideon Sitakange, who was found beheaded on Wednesday morning, June 18, 2025. Sitakange, a resident of Kawe Zone in Kikyuusa Town Council, was reportedly attacked by unknown assailants on Tuesday night around 9:00 PM. …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police officers in North West and West Nile region have been warned against engaging in multiple relationships and loans from money lenders. This was sounded by the deputy Commissioner for Community Policing Senior Superintendent of Police Cyprian O’Kino, during a visit to the two …
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Police budget cut by shs1.57 trillion Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police, Abas Byakagaba’s ambitious budget of more than 2.5 trillion shillings has been reduced to only 925.12 billion shillings. Byakagaba, who replaced Martin Okoth Ochola in May 2024, tabled a 2.5 trillion shillings budget …
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The officers appeared in court under tight security and wore hoods, prompting Magistrate Namanya to order them to remove the coverings. He noted that court needed to see and identify them clearly, saying: “This is a court of law. I need to know whether I’m dealing with human beings or …
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Makerere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have fired in the air to disperse a section of National Unity Platform supporters at the Makerere-Kavule offices. Chaos erupted on Tuesday when a group of National Unity Platform supporters from Nansana municipality, escorting candidate Steven Kaweesi, held a procession along Bombo Road …
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Security beefed up at City Mortuary ahead of Albert Ojwang’s autopsy Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | More security personnel were sent to the City Mortuary on Tuesday, ahead of a planned autopsy on the body of slain Homa Bay teacher Albert Omondi Ojwang. This is after a group …
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Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan police have urged the public to remain calm and continue with their normal activities as security forces investigate a bomb explosion that occurred Tuesday near a church in Munyonyo, a suburb of the capital, Kampala. Inspector General of Police Abbas Byakagaba told reporters at …
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This incident comes barely a month after a similar raid at Lubowa Police Station, where Special Forces Command (SFC) soldiers, led by Lt. Samson Amo, reportedly beat up police officers and civilians at the station. Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was commotion at Wakiso Police Division on Monday …
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What this means for former IGP Kayihura ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | The arrest of Nixon Agasirwe, former commander of the Uganda Police Special Operations Unit, has opened a trail that leads to his long-time boss, the former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Gen. Kale Kayihura—placing the retired general in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Charles Twine, the former spokesperson of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), has been charged, together with Noah Mutwe, with inciting violence, hate speech, malicious information, and conspiracy to commit a felony. Twine, who has been in detention for two weeks, on Thursday appeared alongside Noah Mutwe, another bodyguard of …
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