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Suspect shot dead as Police respond to robbery of Ethiopian Diplomat in Kololo

Owoyesigire said exhibits including 20 mobile phones, ATM cards and IDs of different nationals suspected to have been robbed, were recovered from...

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Jinja Hospital workers arrested for stealing 59 oxygen cylinders

The missing cylinders were majorly supplied by National Medical Stores-NMS. Some were donations from well-wishers to boost efforts in managing severe COVID-19...

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Police arrest three suspected terrorists in Kyotera

Gunfire rocked Kyotera town council as detectives pursued the suspects who attempted to escape prompting security to shoot the tyres of their...

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Mulago Hospital Boss, Six others Arrested over Shs40bn Fraud

Dr. Baterana was arrested Tuesday afternoon in an operation carried out by Dr. Warren Namara, the Health Monitoring Unit director in the...

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Former Red Cross boss jailed 7 years over Ugx 1.2bn embezzlement

The Court heard that Nataka embezzled more than sh1.2 billion between February 1st, 2013 and September 30th, 2013 in Kampala.

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Petrol bomb trial of 32 NUP supporters flops

The group on Monday appeared before the court presided over by Lt General Andrew Gutti at Makindye, where the trial was expected...

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Family of Kyengera gunshot victim pleads for justice

Denzilanta Nabasirye died on Tuesday last week after she was shot in the chest during a scuffle, as security teams arrested a...

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Teenager kidnaps 5 year old, asks for UGX 12m ransom

Andrew Bugembe, a top-class pupil at Leos Junior Primary School-Nyendo, mysteriously disappeared from his parents’ home in Kayirikiti village in Nyendo-Mukungwe division...

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UPDF soldier gunned down by suspected cattle rustlers

Private Lokiru had been deployed to carry out intelligence surveillance in the area when he was attacked by suspected armed warriors.

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Kyengera councilors arrested for inciting violence

It is alleged that the councilors of Kyengera town council walked out of the council meeting protesting what they described as the...

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Kisoro magistrates court staff arrested over bribery

In his defense, Ngororano argued that the money was not a bribe but meant to be given to the suspect’s lawyer Ramathan...

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Three Senior Staff at Divine Bus Company jailed over theft of Shs100m

Prosecution alleged that the three employees between March 1, 2021 and October 20, 2021, stole cash amounting to shs 100,735,000, from Divine...

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Laywer Male Mabirizi arrested, detained

“Yes, he is at Jinja road Police station before being taken to Kitalya. He was arrested from Kyambogo University Banda gate following...

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34-year-old woman arrested for defiling 15-year-old patient

The suspect while at Lukung Health Centre III staff quarters, followed her neighbor’s 15-year-old son to the bathroom where she allegedly defiled...

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Security guard arrested for shooting, injuring two street vendors in Kampala

The development comes on the backdrop of heightened joint operations by KCCA , police and the UPDF to keep vendors off Kampala...

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Burglars using chloroform to rob UCU students, Mukono residents

Statistics indicate that out of every ten cases reported at police and local council offices, five involve theft by use of chloroform.

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MUKONO: Four charged over fraudulent sale of land

The four were on Monday arrested for allegedly procuring a certificate of title and forging documents for the purchase of a 28-acre...

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Three arrested in Kagadi over murder of LCI chairperson

It is alleged that on Wednesday, the three suspects waylaid Geoffrey Byamukama, 41, the LCI chairperson Mpanga village in Buhumuliro sub-county, and...

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