Crime
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646Car dealer arrested over defrauding clients
IGANGA, UGANDA: Police in Kiira region on Wednesday arrested Hussein Tizikoma, a resident of Iganga municipality over obtaining money through false pretense...
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1.2KWidow of Chinese National Sues Capt. Mukula, Indian Ship Firm over death of husband
KAMPALA, UGANDA: A Chinese woman, Ms. Yong Yie Wang has taken to court Capt. Mike Mukula, the Chairman of Mahathi Infra Uganda...
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1.3KSix arrested, others wanted as Minister Ogwang storms Luuka to monitor gov’t projects
LUUKA, UGANDA; Several civil servants in Luuka district were made to sweat as the State Minister for Economic Monitoring, Peter Ogwang questioned...
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1.2KMPIGI BUS EXPLOSION: Fresh details emerge as Police identify terrorist
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda Police has Tuesday delivered an update on the explosion incident that occurred on a Swift Safaris bus at Lungala-Mpigi,...
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1.2KAmolatar police boss arrested over defilement of 14-year-old girl
Amolatar Police Station Officier in Charge (OC) ASP Maxman Okello Ochan, 60, is facing capital offence of allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl,...
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56714 suspects arrested over murder of former UN driver
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police has confirmed that 14 boda boda riders are in detention over the murder of Aziz Bashir, a former driver...
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1.4KMuseveni on Swift Bus Explosion: Dead person could have been the bomber
KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni has reacted to Monday evening’s Swift Bus explosive attack that happened along the Kampala-Masaka highway killing two...
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1.1KDrama as thief gets stuck at door in attempt to rob a clinic in Kamwokya
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Drama and fury has marred Kamwokya residents after a thief was left stuck at the door of a dental clinic...
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817Komamboga bomb was locally improvised, says Police
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Police Force has revealed that the bomb that claimed the life of one person in Komamboga on Saturday...
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908MPs Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana denied bail again, remanded further
MASAKA, UGANDA: The high court in Masaka has for the second time refused to grant bail to two Opposition MPs Hon. Muhammad...
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812Pharmacist, six others arrested over stolen government supplies
JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Kiira region on Thursday arrested the Jinja regional referral hospital internal pharmacist, Ambrose Kamugisha, alongside six others for...
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1.6KPolice arrest six State House impersonators in Iganga
IGANGA, UGANDA: Police in Iganga has arrested six people for allegedly impersonating as officials from State House under their organisation, Tailoring Uganda....
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1.5KMICHO: Cranes Coach convicted of sexual assault, handed three-year sentence
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda Cranes coach Milutin “Micho” Sredojević has been granted permission to attend to a private matter in South Africa after...
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2.0KMasaka Catholic Priest charged with murder
MASAKA, UGANDA; Police in Masaka City have preferred murder charges against Reverend Father Richard Mugisha, a vocal priest attached to Bisanje Catholic...
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1.4KAnother Kenyan athlete killed in domestic squabble
NAIROBI, KENYA: Edith Muthoni, 27, had dreams of making it big as an international athlete. However, that dream was cut short after...
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529Police hunt suspect for rape and murder of 10 year old girl
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police have started a manhunt for a casual laborer for raping and strangling a 10-year-girl to death in Nakawa division,...
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716Court Martial sentences eight over illegal possession of firearms
MOROTO, UGANDA: The 3rd Division Court Martial sitting in Moroto barracks has convicted 8 suspects for illegal possession of firearms and handed...
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815Mother arrested over kidnap of 4 year old son
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The police Crime Intelligence unit has arrested a woman for kidnapping her four-year-old son and demanding 32 Million Shillings ransom...
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Three arrested for raping 40 year old woman in Adjumani
ADJUMANI, UGANDA: Three men in Adjumani district are in police custody for allegedly raping a 40-year-old woman and leaving her unconscious on...
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1.1KUnknown assailants kill Alebtong town clerk at his residence
LIRA, UGANDA: Unknown assailants have killed Denis Ogwang Adar, the town clerk of Alebtong town council in Alebtong district. The assailants hit...
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1.2K60-year-old man beheaded, body dumped in sugarcane plantation in Luuka
LUUKA, UGANDA: Fear and grief engulfed residents of Busandha village, Bukoova Town Council in Luuka district after finding their fellow resident killed...
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1.5KBorn again pastor sentenced to life imprisonment for sodomising pupils
KAMPALA, UGANDA: A born again pastor in Wakiso has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was convicted of six counts of...
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1.8KSecurity guard killed, another injured as assailants raid a fueling station in Jinja
JINJA, UGANDA: Kiira region police together with her sister security forces have commenced investigations into the murder and attempted murder of private...
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955Jinja Pastor arrested over sexual harassment, child trafficking
JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Jinja district have arrested a Pastor identified as Robert Masiga over allegations of defilement, sexual harassment, authorities have...