Crime Archives

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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Sub-county chief, accountant held over theft of public funds

BUDUDA, UGANDA: Police authorities in Bududa on Friday arrested a sub-county chief and accountant over alleged theft of government funds in the...

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UPDF Commander shot by cattle rustlers in gunfire exchange

NABILATUK, UGANDA: A UPDF officer at the rank of brigade commander Colonel Ezra Byaruhanga has been shot and wounded by cattle rustlers in...

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Police prefer criminal trespass charges against Pakistan national

KIKUUBE, UGANDA: The police in Kikuube has preferred charges of criminal trespass against a Pakistan national who was arrested inside Hoima Sugar...

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Car 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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Widow 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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Six 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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MPIGI 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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Amolatar 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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14 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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Museveni 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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Drama 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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Komamboga 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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MPs 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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Pharmacist, 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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Police 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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MICHO: 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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Masaka 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...