Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Political Commissar, Assistant Inspector General of Police-AIGP Asan Kasingye says the force leadership will be prioritizing infrastructure development each financial year to address the problem of accommodation and operational units for police officers. According to Kasingye, the force will be allocating money towards construction …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Cooperatives Ngobi Gume has advised an association of the 11th intake (1996) of the Uganda Police Force to form a cooperative so us to uplift the economic status of all their members. Gume outlined the various benefits their association (class …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-three suspects are in police custody at Kikuube central police station for allegedly beating a man to coma over a land conflict. Some of the suspects that include both men and women have only been identified as Opar, Ofoi, Mita, Ogenrwoth, Aduba, Joyce, Jarieko and Uucha, …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Arua has arrested a woman for allegedly stealing a one-day-old baby from Arua Regional Referral Hospital. The suspect is Night Bileru, a resident of Okokoro town council in Maracha district. Jimmy Anguyo, the West Nile Region Child and Family Protection Unit Officer, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala has finally arrested lawyer Male Mabirizi. He has been arrested over an 18 month jail term handed to him for contempt of court. The arrest of Mabirizi comes exactly a week after the High Court Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana issued …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID is holding John Mwangutsya, the director of Crypto Bridge African Limited that is suspected to have defrauded Ugandans from different parts of the country of over Sh3 billion. CID Spokesperson, Charles Twine, says Mwangutsya reportedly defrauded more than 1,000 Ugandans …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Katwe Police Division is holding two suspects on allegations of strangling a man to death and dumping his body in a septic tank. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the suspects as Naomi Tumwine and Norman Muhangi, both residents of …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel on Thursday evening foiled a revenge attack on locals in Zoka Trading center in the disputed Apaa Township in Adjumani District. This comes just a day after a tribal clash in Ngoro village, Itirikwa Sub-county left one dead, two others injured and …
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Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kamuli district has arrested the LCI chairperson of Buyima village, Bulopa sub-county, for allegedly trafficking children. Sharif Ludigo and Afani Matovu were arrested on Tuesday following a tip-off from residents who saw them registering 25 Muslim children under 14 years and loading them …
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Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyotera police have rescued a four-month-old baby girl from a woman who stole her from her parents in Matugga-Kavule village, Wakiso district on Friday. The suspect is Sandra Nanyonga, a resident of Katwe village in Kalisizo town council. She is locked up at Kalisizo police …
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