Crime
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1.1KMother 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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839Three 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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1.4KUnknown 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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1.5K60-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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1.9KBorn 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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2.8KSecurity 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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1.3KJinja 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...
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1.4KSuspected terrorist shot dead in Kyebando
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police has confirmed that a suspected terrorist was on Monday evening shot dead in Kyebando, Kampala during a counter-terrorism operation....
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1.3KNsangi DPC shoots reveler dead in curfew operations
WAKISO, UGANDA: One person has died following the enforcement of the nighttime curfew in Wakiso district on Sunday night. The deceased has...
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1.5KMuseveni vows to scrap court bail, bond for capital offenders
STATE HOUSE, NAKASERO: President Yoweri Museveni has further re-echoed his proposal to scrap court bail and police bond for murder suspects and...
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1.2KSuspects in Gen Katumba attack slapped with 18 more charges
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Six out of the eight suspects accused of attacking and shooting dead the daughter to Transport Works minister, Gen Edward...
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1.1KMabirizi runs to Court to challenge case against MPs Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana
KAMPALA, UGANDA: City Lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has appealed to the Constitutional Court of Uganda seeking to challenge the process of charging...
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1.2KHeadteacher, 4 Teachers arrested for Conducting Lessons Illegally
WAKISO, UGANDA: Kakiri police in Wakiso District have arrested the Headteacher and four teachers for illegally conducting lessons during the lockdown. The...
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1.3KEleven arrested over death of Kamuli police constable
KAMULI, UGANDA: Kamuli police have rounded up eleven suspects believed to have actively participated in lynching Police constable Francis Kasolo on Sunday...
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2.6KWidow hacked to death over land in Bugweri
BUGWERI, UGANDA: Police in Bugweri District are hunting for family members who connived and hacked to death a 60-year-old widow using a...
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Church priest arrested for defiling 16-year-old girl
MITOOMA, UGANDA– Police in Mitooma district have arrested and detained a Church Of Uganda Priest on allegations of defiling and impregnating a...
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1.2KMachete wielding thugs assault radio presenter, two family members in Kabale
KABALE, UGANDA: Three people are nursing wounds after they were attacked by machete-wielding assailants in two separate incidents in Kabale district. The...
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Two women in Makindye arrested over child torture
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Katwe police station is holding two women for torturing a 7 year old child on accusations of stealing fish. Kampala...
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1.2KSecurity guard in Bukedea lynched over cattle theft
BUKEDEA, UGANDA: A private security guard attached to Corporate Security Service Uganda limited has been lynched by a mob in Kakere village,...
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849LDU officer awaits punishment for murder of UBC journalistaddre
KAMPALA, UGANDA: A Local Defense Unit-LDU officer who was arrested for the murder of former Uganda Broadcasting Corporation-UBC journalist Robert Kagolo, is...
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Suspected ‘hit and run’ accident kills one in Iganga
IGANGA, UGANDA: Police in Iganga district are investigating into circumstances under which a yet-to-be-identified lady was involved in a suspected hit and...
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FEAR: Jinja police officer gifted with a bullet, cartridge and threatening leaflets
JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Kiira region have started investigations into circumstances under which Asuman Malinga, a former special police constable, received an...
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1.4KFour convicted for killing Case hospital accountant
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Entebbe Chief Magistrate’s court, Justice Yasin Nyanzi has convicted four people for aggravated robbery and the murder of Francis Ekalungar,...
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2.3KTwo UPDF Officers injured in Kireka train accident
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police in Kampala has confirmed that two officers attached to the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) sustained critical injuries after...