Crime Archives

MPs Ssewanyana, Ssegirinya commanded machete killings in Masaka, says Police

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police has confirmed that Makindye West MP Allan Ssewanyana and Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya have been commanding the panga...

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Grief as son kills father over UGX 5000

KOLE DISTRICT, UGANDA: Police in Kole district have arrested a 23-year-old man accused of killing his father over Shillings 5,000. The suspect...

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Adjumani Police traffic boss on the run after brutalizing boda-boda cyclist

ADJUMANI, UGANDA: The Adjumani Resident District Commissioner – RDC Mr. Taban Data Peter has ordered for the immediate arrest of the police...

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15 arrested in crackdown on motorcycle thefts in Jinja city

JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Jinja city conducted a Thursday night crackdown where they arrested 15 youths suspected of masterminding ‘syndicated’ motorcycle thefts...

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Ntoroko district NRM boss murdered, body dumped in Ibanda

NTOROKO, UGANDA: Police in Ntoroko district is investigating the circumstances under which the District acting NRM chairperson, Jepherson Kabagambe Aheebwa was brutally...

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UPDF soldier commits suicide after shooting woman to death

APAC, UGANDA: A soldier attached to the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) of NARO army detach has killed himself after allegedly shooting...

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Robberies orchestrated by private security guards on the rise – Police

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police have expressed concern over the systematic increase of robberies and thefts perpetrated by private security guards. According to Police...

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Police names 15 prime suspects in greater Masaka murders

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The joint security agencies investigating the rampant murders in greater Masaka have named 15 prime suspects after screening 68 arrested...

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KWANIA: Man kills self after stabbing wife to death

KWANIA, UGANDA: Grief and shock has hit residents of Adaglako village in Kwania district after a man who reportedly killed his wife...

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Two more people butchered in Masaka as death toll raises to 25

GREATER MASAKA, UGANDA: The Masaka sub-region continues to grip in fear and grief after the deadly gang of machete-wielding thugs killed two...

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Woman shot dead for ‘giving intelligence’ to UPDF’

MOROTO, UGANDA: Karimojong warriors have shot and killed a woman who is suspected to have given intelligence information to Uganda Peoples Defence...

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UPDF speaks out on suspected suicide bomber arrested at Lokech’s funeral

BIG STORY: The joint intelligence security forces on Thursday arrested a suspected suicide bomber who was allegedly planning to blow up mourners...

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Police rescue 13-year-old girl from marriage

JINJA, UGANDA: Police officers attached to Bugembe police station in Jinja City have rescued a 13-year-old Juvenile from an early marriage case....

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Death toll in Masaka raises to nineteen as 60-year-old woman is butchered

MASAKA, UGANDA: Sixty-year-old Anent Nampijja Muwangaza, a resident of Kasaali village, Bisanje Parish, Kabonera division in Masaka is the latest victim of...

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Security Arrest Two Deadly Terror Suspects With Explosives

The two were reportedly coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo when about ten anti-terror Police cornered them.

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Unknown assailants kill catechist in Lwengo

MASAKA SUB-REGION: Police in Masaka Region are investigating circumstances under which a 60-year-old catechist was gruesomely murdered in Lwengo district. Richard Mbaziira,...

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87-year-old man gruesomely murdered in Masaka

MASAKA, UGANDA: Police in Masaka is investigating the gruesome murder of an 87-year-old man who was killed by unknown assailants in the...

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Ugandan Businessman shot dead in Rwanda

KABALE DISTRICT, UGANDA: A Ugandan businessman has been shot dead in Rwanda by the security operatives accusing him of smuggling crude waragi...

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Police arrest suspected killer of Mityana Catholic priest

MITYANA DISTRICT, UGANDA: Police in Katonga Region have in custody the prime suspect in the murder of Rev Fr Josephat Kasambula who...

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Police launch manhunt for prime suspect in the murder of Catholic priest

GOMBA DISTRICT, UGANDA: Police in Gomba district is hunting for Vincent Katumba, who is believed to be the prime suspect in the...

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Moroto CID boss arrested for releasing exhibits

MOROTO DISTRICT: The Police in Moroto District in Karamoja sub-region have arrested the officer in charge of the Criminal Investigations Desk (CID)...

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LIST: Govt Suspends 11 Labour Export Agencies Over Human Trafficking & Gross Extortion

KAMPALA – Government through ministries of Internal Affairs and Gender, Labour and Social Development announced the suspension of eleven (11) external labour...