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Police arrest another suspected suicide bomber arrested in Nansana

A Twin Bomb Blast on Tuesday in Kampala City claimed three lives and left 33 people injured with that number expected to...

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Tension grips Kampala City after Twin Bomb Blasts

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda’s Capital, Kampala has on Tuesday been gripped with tension and panic following two suspected bomb blasts that went off at...

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UPDF soldier, civilian arrested for murder, aggravated robbery

IBANDA, UGANDA: Police in Ibanda are holding a Uganda Peoples Defence Force-UPDF soldier and civilian accused of kidnapping and killing a boda...

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SEMBABULE: 13-year-old girl beheaded in brutal murder

SEMBABULE, UGANDA: Police in Sembabule are investigating circumstances under which unknown assailants attacked a 13-year-old girl and beheaded her. Violah Nangoba, a...

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JINJA: Two shot dead, motor vehicle taken along Jinja-Kamuli road

JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Kiira Region has launched an investigation into the shooting which claimed two lives of a man and a...

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Supreme Court upholds Kato Kajubi’s life sentence

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence handed to businessman Godfrey Kato Kajubi for masterminding the ritual murder of...

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35-year-old man arrested for repeatedly defiling his daughter for rituals

KAMULI, UGANDA: Police in Kamuli district on Tuesday arrested 35-year-old Sadiki Mulinda, a ritualist over reportedly defiling his 13-year-old daughter for rituals....

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Couple in Kisoro roadside sex jailed 30 months for indecency

KISORO, UGANDA: The Grade II Magistrates court in Kisoro has sentenced a couple that was filmed in the viral roadside sex video...

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Armed thugs shoot dead Busia money changer

BUSIA, UGANDA: Unknown armed robbers have shot dead a money changer in Busia district and made off with Shillings 6 million and...

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Woman raped and murdered in Kamwenge district

KAMWENGE, UGANDA: Police in Kamwenge district are investigating circumstances under which a 48 year-old woman was raped and murdered by yet to...

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Prime suspect in Mpigi Bus explosion arrested – police

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The joint Anti-Terrorism taskforce and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence on Sunday arrested Yusuf Muwonge, a prime suspect in an...

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HOIMA: 11 arrested for killing UPDF soldier in bar

HOIMA, UGANDA: Police in Hoima district is holding 11 suspects in connection with the brutal killing of a Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF...

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NUP’s Moses Bigirwa arrested over Extortion of Ugx 100m from Deputy Speaker Among

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police on Friday arrested the National Unity Platform coordinator for the Eastern Region, Moses Bigirwa on alleged charges of extorting...

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Five NUP members charged with plotting to overthrow Government

KASESE, UGANDA: Police in Kasese has imposed on the five arrested members of National Unity Platform-NUP with charges of plotting to overthrow...

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JUST IN: Suspected Terrorist Shot Dead in Naguru

According to Enanga, the suspect identified as Adam Matovu alias Manihajji, 36, was a resident of Ttula zone, Kawempe 1 ward, Kawempe...

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Father arrested for defiling 14-yr-old daughter in Jinja

JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Jinja City have arrested and put in custody a 45-year-old (HIV positive) man for allegedly defiling his 14-year-old...

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District councillor wanted for defiling 14-year-old girl

KALUNGU, UGANDA: Police in Kalungu District have mounted a hunt for an LCV councillor for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl. The victim,...

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Mob set trailer ablaze for knocking dead a senior four leaver

ARUA, UGANDA: Police in Arua is hunting for a group of people who set ablaze a transit cargo trailer belonging to Union...

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Wobulenzi LC3 chairperson arrested for inciting violence

WOBULENZI, UGANDA: Moses Ssebalamu, the LC 3 chairperson of Wobulenzi town council spent the night in Luwero Central police station cells after...

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Two people shot in enforcement of curfew in Wobulenzi

WOBULENZI, UGANDA: Two people have been shot by Policemen during enforcement of the night curfew in Wobulenzi town council, Luwero district. The...

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Three patient attendants arrested over public nuisance in Adjumani Hospital

ADJUMANI, UGANDA: The health inspector of Adjumani hospital Mr. Drichi Wilson on Wednesday arrested three people over bad conduct in the hospital premises,...

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