Tag Archives: police

  Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One inmate has been shot and injured while a dangerous murder convict is at large following an attempted escape by a group of prisoners from Arua government prison. The incident involved ten inmates who were transferred from GiliGili prison to Arua government Prisons …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Crime Intelligence has arrested a Police Constable and four other civilians on allegations of raiding the home of businessman, Godfrey Saka, in Kasangati in an attempt to rob him of 7 Billion Shillings. Constable Joshua Mugoya and his alleged accomplices have been on the police’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electricity distribution company, Umeme, and the Uganda Police have launched a joint Operation against illegal power connections and related activities, starting with Kampala area. The relaunch of the operation dubbed ‘Komboa’ follows an increase in the level of power losses over the last one year, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of more than 20 military and police personnel have been deployed to track thugs who attack road users at Northern bypass. A senior police source says that police and military commanders in Kampala Metropolitan have resolved to deploy undercover security personnel after learning …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Bugiri district has today retrieved the bodies of two boys who were reported to have drowned in Kibimba dam located in Bulesa sub county on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased are 17-year old Siraj Mayende, and Ashiraf Nambuku aged 10 years, pupils at Bubuzi …

Karamoja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is a heavy deployment of anti-stock theft Unit personnel in Karamoja following an increase in cases of cattle rustling in the area. The police unit was created to prevent the theft of cattle in Teso and Karamoja sub-regions. Although the regions had enjoyed peace …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kikuube police are holding one of their own for shooting dead a woman at a party. The suspect is Denis Elwelu, a Probation Police constable-PPC attached to the security detail at Hoima Sugar Limited security.  Elwelu is accused of shooting dead Anita Namukisa Tumusiime during …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has gutted Kiziru landing site in Mpunge Sub-county Mukono district destroying over 100 temporary structures, animals and property worth millions of Shillings.  The fire broke out around 2 am in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Police were yet to arrive at the landing …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police and other security agencies have blocked the Old Kira Road leading to the offices of the National Unity Platform in Kamwokya, as the party President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu prepared to take a petition to the Chief of Defense Forces(CDF).  Kyagulanyi today told reporters …

Kkumiro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Police in Kakumiro district are holding a special Police constable- SPC for allegedly shooting a dead suspect. The suspect is Julius Alaku, who is attached to Kikwaya police post in Kakumiro district.    He is accused of shooting dead John Barugahare, who had been arrested …