All posts tagged "Crime"

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...

IGANGA: Man commits suicide by hanging, locals cite drug abuse

IGANGA, UGANDA: A man in Iganga district has committed suicide by hanging after allegedly becoming addicted to drugs among others, alcohol. He...

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Counter-Terrorism police detonate bomb in Sembabule forest

SEMBABAULE, UGANDA: Counter-Terrorism Police and the Bomb squad personnel on Wednesday rushed to Nakasagazi village, Kasongi parish in Kawanda sub-county, to retrieve a...

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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...

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...

Police implicate major petrol firms in Shs1.8bn ADF cash racket, detain three

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The security agencies have implicated petroleum and real estate companies in the laundering of over Shs1.8b to bankroll the activities...

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...

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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Drama as man gets stuck in a woman at Seeta lodge in Mukono

MUKONO, UGANDA: Goma Residents in Mukono district were on Monday evening treated to unrelenting drama after a man was found stuck into...

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...

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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Panic as police respond to another bomb scare in Kampala

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police on Monday evening confirmed that there had been a bomb scare in Kampala at Bata Bata in Namasuba along...

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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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One Dead, Scores injured as Suspected Bomb Blast hits Swift Bus along Masaka Road

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Atleast one person has been confirmed dead with several others injured after another suspected bomb attack hit Swift Safaris Bus...

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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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Uganda Police finally speaks out on Komamboga Bomb Attack

KAMPALA, UGANDA: – Uganda Police have responded to a bomb attack which occurred on Saturday night October 23rd 2021, at around 9:20...

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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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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...

Three dead, scores others injured in Nakasongola accident

NAKASONGOLA, UGANDA: Police has confirmed that three people died on spot, and three others sustained critical injuries following an accident that occurred...

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Salaamu Musumba’s brother dies in Kampala bar brawl

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Former Kamuli District Woman MP Candidate Hon Proscovia Salaamu Musumba has lost a brother who is alleged to have been...

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