Crime
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782Oyam police officer attacked by suspect during arrest, admitted
The victim, Solomon Angim, a police officer attached to Minakulu Police station was allegedly attacked by Lawrence Aloc, a resident of Akaidebe...
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600Police arrest ring leader of “Ekigari gang” behind spate of robberies at music concerts
Enanga explained that the suspect and six hardcore deputies who have been identified but are still at large participated in the attack...
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2.0KWATCH: Police release CCTV footage of horrible boda-boda accidents in Kampala
The video which has attracted both positive and negative criticism on social media shows numerous accidents that have happened in Kampala and...
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895UPDF soldier arrested after Petrocity manager shot dead in Bukedea armed robbery
According to preliminary police investigations, the attackers first disarmed the security guard on duty at the petrol station and used his gun...
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895MANAFWA: District councillor murdered in cold blood
According to The Elgon region Police Spokesperson, Mr Rogers Taitika, the deceased who reportedly left his home to attend a funeral was...
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1.5KMaracha CAO arrested over sh1.9b Kololo SS funds
Mr. Walakira was arrested Friday morning by Inspectorate of Government (IG) officials after failing to implement the earlier directive issued to him...
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906Man kills wife before fleeing home in Mbale
Elgon Region Police spokesman ASP Rogers Taitika said the body of the deceased was discovered by a one resident identified as Nekesa...
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589Inmate charged over attempted rape of 7-year-old girl
According to Prisons Spokesperson Mr. Frank Baine, the convict identified as Wilson Magombe attempted to assault the girl while he was working...
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431Two sentenced to 40 years in jail over child sacrifice
The two; Kivumbi Awali and Ngaswireki Paul were on Monday convicted by Chief Magistrate Sarah Tusiime after evidence collected linked them to...
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708HORROR: 14-year-old girl raped and killed in Mukono
According to ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, it is suspected that the victim was sexually assaulted before she was murdered in an incident that...
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993MUBS student among four arrested for robbing French national at Nyege Nyege
Police and their counterparts from the Red Cross Society found Quentin lying unconscious along the Nile river banks and rushed him to...
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Police Officer remanded for murder of businessman after minor car accident
The Police said that the suspect drove off to his home where he was arrested from and his car was impounded and...
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661How thugs raided hardware shop in Bulenga, tied security guards and robbed sh9m plus a motorcycle
It is alleged that the thugs hit the shop at about 3:00 am and disarmed the two security guards (one had a...
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1.1KUMEME employees among 17 arrested over vandalism of electricity infrastructure
14 of the suspects were got at Suremax guesthouse where they have allegedly been keeping the stolen electricity property, while the three...
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725Masindi Man Arrested for Strangling Wife to Death
It is alleged that the suspect picked a quarrel over yet unknown reason with his wife on Thursday night and in the...
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548Woman robs bank of her own money to pay for her sister’s cancer treatment
The woman who had already sold many of her personal belongings and had considered selling her kidney to fund her 23-year-old sister’s...
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1.2KBukwo District Boss in trouble over alleged defilement of 16yr old student
Enanga says a serious manhunt for the LC5 Chairman LC who wields a lot of power and influence in Bukwo district and...
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791BUKWO: Five police officers arrested after ten suspects escape from custody
According to Mbabazi, the suspects face charges of negligence of duty and absenteeism in connection to the escape of suspects from lawful...
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812LC1 Chairperson on the run after security retrieves stolen goats from his home
The chairperson who got suspicious tried to direct the tracking team in a different direction but they insisted until they landed on...
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661Five district officials arrested after swindling over sh300m in non-existent school
The officials were arrested on the orders of the Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Mr Mwidu Kalikwani after swindling over shs300m government funding...
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945More trouble for Sipapa as fingerprints, DNA links him to 12 other robberies
The rowdy socialite was last week arrested, charged and remanded over robbery of sh1.6bn from a South Sudanese national identified as Jacob...
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TEREGO: Two health officials arrested over sh5m bribe
The IG’s spokesperson, Ali Munira, said the suspects now in custody at Arua polcie station were arrested on Saturday from Frabrica hotel...
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566TORORO: Businessman, 7-yr-old son killed by armed thugs
According to eyewitnesses at the scene of crime, it is alleged that the two armed thugs, two in number, first disguised themselves...
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Mother convicted after pleading guilty of child torture in viral video
Appearing before the magistrate, Ms. Nabulime confessed to all the charges and asked for forgiveness, before pleading for a lenient punishment so...